{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Austrotriton radialis 001.jpg |image_caption = Shell of † ''Austrotriton radialis'' (specimen at MNHN, Paris) |taxon = Austrotriton |authority = Cossmann, 1903<ref>Cossmann (1903). ''Essais Paléoconch.'' '''5''': 98.</ref> |synonyms = * ''Charoniella'' <small>Thiele, 1929</small> * ''Negyrina'' <small>Iredale, 1929</small> * † ''Tritonium (Austrotriton)'' <small>Cossmann, 1903</small> (original rank) }}
'''''Austrotriton''''' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|463527|''Austrotriton'' Cossmann, 1903||5 December 2018}}</ref>
== Species == The genus contains the following species:<ref name="WoRMS"/> * ''Austrotriton bassi'' <small>(Angas, 1869)</small> * ''Austrotriton epitrema'' (<small>Tenison Woods, 1877)</small> * ''Austrotriton garrardi'' <small>Beu, 1970</small> * ''Austrotriton mimetica'' <small>(Tate, 1893)</small> * ''Austrotriton petulans'' <small>(Hedley & May, 1908)</small> * † ''Austrotriton radialis'' <small>(Tate, 1888)</small> * ''Austrotriton subdistortus'' <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
; Species brought into synonymy: * † A''ustrotriton cyphoides'' <small>Finlay, 1924</small>: synonym of † ''Sassia cyphoides'' <small>(Finlay, 1924)</small> * † ''Austrotriton maorium'' <small>Finlay, 1924</small>: synonym of † ''Sassia minima'' <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small> * † ''Austrotriton morgani'' <small>Marwick, 1931</small>: synonym of † ''Sassia tortirostris'' <small>(Tate, 1888)</small> * † A''ustrotriton neozelanica'' <small>P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923</small>: synonym of † Sassia neozelanica <small>(P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923)</small> * ''Austrotriton parkinsonius'' <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>: synonym of ''Austrosassia parkinsonia'' <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Wenz (W.), 1941 Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda, 6., p. 961-1200
== Further reading == {{Commons category}} * [http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039 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 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}} * [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 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]
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Category:Cymatiidae Category:Taxa named by Maurice Cossmann
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