Austrofusus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Buccinoidea

Familia: Buccinidae
Genus: Austrofusus
Species: A. chathamensis – A. glans –...

Austrofusus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description

Two extant species Austrofusus glans and A. chathamensis are endemic to New Zealand waters,[1][2] but most species are extinct and there is an abundant fossil record within the country.[3]
Evolution

Austrofusus glans is not closely related to other extant New Zealand buccinid whelks, and is instead related to the Northern Hemisphere genus Colus.[4]
Species

Species within the genus Austrofusus include:

† Austrofusus acuticostatus (Suter, 1917)[3]
† Austrofusus affiliatus (Finlay, 1926)[3]
† Austrofusus allani (King, 1934)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus alpha (Finlay, 1926)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus apudalpha (Finlay, 1926)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus beta (Finlay, 1926)[3]
† Austrofusus bicarinatus (Suter, 1917)[3]
Austrofusus chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)[3][1]
† Austrofusus claviculus (King, 1933)
† (Neocola) Austrofusus cliftonensis (Marwick, 1926)[3]
† Austrofusus coerulecens (Finlay, 1930)[3]
† Austrofusus cottoni (King, 1933)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus demissus (Marwick, 1931)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus flexuosus (Marshall, 1918)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus gamma (Finlay, 1926)[3]
Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)[3][1]
† Austrofusus latecostatus (Suter, 1917)[3]
† Austrofusus magnificus (Finlay, 1926)[3]
† Austrofusus marshalli (King], 1933)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus marwicki (King, 1933)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus ngatuturaensis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus oneroaensis (Powell & Batrum, 1929)[3]
† Austrofusus pagoda (Finlay, 1924)[3]
†Austrofusus pliocenicus (Powell, 1931)[3]
† Austrofusus precursor (Finlay, 1926)[3]
† Austrofusus soliarius (Dell, 1950)[3]
† Austrofusus spiniferus (Finlay & McDowall, 1923)[3]
† Austrofusus taitae (Marwick, 1924)[3]
† Austrofusus valedictus (King, 1935)[3]
† (Neocola) Austrofusus zitteli (Suter, 1914)[3]

Species brought into synonymy

† Austrofusus propenodosa Bartrum, 1919: synonym of † Zelandiella propenodosa (Bartrum, 1919)

References

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 395 – 396. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.

Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812.