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Austrocochlea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Trochidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Bembicium, Bembicium nanum, Nerita atramentosa, Cellana tramoserica, Diloma

Austrocochlea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails, also known as top shells.

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Austrocochlea Austrocochlea

This genus was founded as a subgenus by Fisher in 1885 to include a small group of Australian species, included in the genus Monodonta. They had previously been included in Trochocochlea Klein, 1753 ( = Osilinus Philippi, 1847), a section that was then restricted to the Mediterranean group.

Austrocochlea Austrocochlea porcata

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and mainly off Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Austrocochlea include:

Austrocochlea Austrocochlea porcata

  • Austrocochlea brevis Parsons & Ward, 1994
  • Austrocochlea constellata (Souverbie, 1863)
  • Austrocochlea constricta (Lamarck, 1822), the southern ribbed top snail
  • Austrocochlea diminuta (Hedley, 1912)
  • Austrocochlea piperina (Philippi, 1849)
  • Austrocochlea porcata (A. Adams, 1853), the zebra top snail
  • Austrocochlea quadrasi (Sowerby III, 1898)
  • Austrocochlea rudis Gray, 1826
  • Austrocochlea zeus P. Fischer, 1874
    • Species brought into synonymy
    Austrocochlea Austrocochlea concamerata

  • Austrocochlea adelaidae (Philippi, 1851): synonym of Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Philippi, 1849)
  • Austrocochlea concamerata (Wood, 1828): synonym of Diloma concamerata (Wood, 1828)
  • Austrocochlea obtusa Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962: synonym of Austrocochlea constricta (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Austrocochlea odontis (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Chlorodiloma odontis (W. Wood, 1828)
  • Austrocochlea porcata Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962: synonym of Austrocochlea constricta (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Austrocochlea torri Cotton & Godfrey, 1934: synonym of Austrocochlea constricta (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Austrocochlea tricingulata (Adams, A., 1853): synonym of Austrocochlea quadrasi Sowerby III, 1898
  • Austrocochlea zebra Menke, K.T., 1829: synonym of Austrocochlea porcata (A. Adams, 1853)

    • Austrocochlea Austrocochlea constricta

    References

    Austrocochlea Wikipedia
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