Awateria

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = | image = Awateria crossei 001.jpg | image_caption = Original drawing of a shell of ''Awateria crossei'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Awateria | authority = Suter, 1917 | type_species = ''Awateria streptophora'' | type_species_authority = Suter, 1917 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = }}

'''''Awateria''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Awateria. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432412 on 2012-06-28</ref> Most species in this genus have become extinct.

==Description== In general shape and sculpture the type of this genus is reminiscent of ''Arcularia'' Link, 1807 (synonym of ''Nassarius'' Duméril, 1805), the protoconch is comparatively large. The fasciole runs between the wreath of subsutural nodules and the upright ribs. The canal is short, wide, and effuse. From ''Epideira'' Hedley, 1918, to which, it seems to be related, the larger protoconch, few and rapidly increasing whorls, the subcylindrical form and the shallow sinus of ''Awateria'' readily distinguish it.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/recordsofaustral13aust Records of the Australian Museum 13 (1922)]</ref>

==Species== Species within the genus ''Awateria'' include: * ''Awateria crossei'' (Smith E. A., 1891) * † ''Awateria defossa'' Powell, 1942 * † ''Awateria echinata'' Powell, 1942 * † ''Awateria evanida'' Suter, 1917 * ''Awateria hoylei'' (Smith E. A., 1891) * † ''Awateria karakaensis'' Marwick, 1931 * † ''Awateria marwicki'' Powell, 1942 * † ''Awateria miocenica'' Vella, 1954 * ''Awateria optabilis'' (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) * † ''Awateria retiolata'' L. C. King, 1933 * † ''Awateria streptophora'' Suter, 1917 * † ''Awateria striata'' Vella, 1954 * † ''Awateria thomsoni'' Powell, 1942 * † ''Awateria wairoaensis'' Powell, 1942 * ''Awateria watsoni'' (Smith E. A., 1891) ; Species brought into synonymy: * † ''Awateria aliena'' Marwick, 1965 : synonym of † ''Taranis aliena'' (Marwick, 1965) (original combination) * ''Awateria challengeri'' (Smith E. A., 1891): synonym of ''Belomitra challengeri'' (E. A. Smith, 1891) * † ''Awateria expalliata'' Laws, 1947: synonym of † ''Mioawateria expalliata'' (Laws, 1947) * † ''Awateria experta'' Laws, 1947: synonym of † ''Awheaturris experta'' (Laws, 1947) (original combination) * † ''Awateria mollyae'' L. C. King, 1933: synonym of † ''Awateria retiolata'' L. C. King, 1933 (synonym) * † ''Awateria personata'' Powell, 1942: synonym of † ''Mioawateria personata'' (Powell, 1942)

==References== {{Reflist}} * Suter, New Zealand Geological Survey, Pal. Bull. No. 5, Pt. I., 1917

==External links== {{Commons category|Awateria}} * [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_81/rsnz_81_04_006310.pdf P. Vella, ''Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa''; Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1954] * [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/ Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) ''Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone''] * [https://archive.today/20120710161524/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.]

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