# Austrotriton

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{{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](/source/Maurice_Cossmann), 1903<ref>[Cossmann](/source/Maurice_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](/source/genus) of medium-sized sea [snail](/source/snail)s, a [marine](/source/ocean) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Cymatiidae](/source/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](/source/Austrotriton_bassi)'' <small>(Angas, 1869)</small>
* ''[Austrotriton epitrema](/source/Austrotriton_epitrema)'' (<small>Tenison Woods, 1877)</small>
* ''[Austrotriton garrardi](/source/Austrotriton_garrardi)'' <small>Beu, 1970</small>
* ''[Austrotriton mimetica](/source/Austrotriton_mimetica)'' <small>(Tate, 1893)</small>
* ''[Austrotriton petulans](/source/Austrotriton_petulans)''  <small>(Hedley & May, 1908)</small>
* † ''[Austrotriton radialis](/source/Austrotriton_radialis)'' <small>(Tate, 1888)</small>
* ''[Austrotriton subdistortus](/source/Austrotriton_subdistortus)'' <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>

; Species brought into synonymy:
* † A''ustrotriton cyphoides'' <small>Finlay, 1924</small>: synonym of † ''[Sassia cyphoides](/source/Sassia_cyphoides)'' <small>(Finlay, 1924)</small> 
* † ''Austrotriton maorium'' <small>Finlay, 1924</small>: synonym of † ''[Sassia minima](/source/Sassia_minima)'' <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small> 
* † ''Austrotriton morgani'' <small>Marwick, 1931</small>: synonym of † ''[Sassia tortirostris](/source/Sassia_tortirostris)'' <small>(Tate, 1888)</small> 
* † A''ustrotriton neozelanica'' <small>P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923</small>: synonym of † [Sassia neozelanica](/source/Sassia_neozelanica) <small>(P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923)</small> 
* ''Austrotriton parkinsonius'' <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>: synonym of ''[Austrosassia parkinsonia](/source/Austrosassia_parkinsonia)'' <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Wenz (W.), 1941 Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda, 6., p.&nbsp;961-1200

== Further reading ==
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* [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](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [William Collins Publishers Ltd](/source/HarperCollins), 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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