Austrotriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.
Species The genus contains the following species: Austrotriton bassi (Angas, 1869) Austrotriton epitrema (Tenison Woods, 1877) Austrotriton garrardi Beu, 1970 Austrotriton mimetica (Tate, 1893) Austrotriton petulans (Hedley & May, 1908) † Austrotriton radialis (Tate, 1888) Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck, 1822)
Species brought into synonymy † Austrotriton cyphoides Finlay, 1924: synonym of † Sassia cyphoides (Finlay, 1924) † Austrotriton maorium Finlay, 1924: synonym of † Sassia minima (Hutton, 1873) † Austrotriton morgani Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Sassia tortirostris (Tate, 1888) † Austrotriton neozelanica P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923: synonym of † Sassia neozelanica (P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923) Austrotriton parkinsonius (Perry, 1811): synonym of Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
References
Wenz (W.), 1941 Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda, 6., p. 961-1200
Further reading
Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 18-34