Austromitra Explained

Austromitra is a genus of sea snails in the family Costellariidae. They are small carnivorous marine gastropod mollusks, most of which are less than 15mm in length. They live on hard substrates, intertidally and to a depth of at least 1000m. The genus is found in southern Africa, southern Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Austromitra include:

• Austromitra aikeni Lussi, 2015
• † Austromitra ambulacrum (Marwick, 1926)
• Austromitra analogica (Reeve, 1845)
• Austromitra angulata (Suter, 1908)
• † Austromitra angusticostata Ludbrook, 1941
• Austromitra arnoldi (Verco, 1909)
• Austromitra bathyraphe (Sowerby III, 1900)
• Austromitra bellapicta (Verco, 1909)
• Austromitra canaliculata (Sowerby III, 1900)
• Austromitra capensis (Reeve, 1845)
• Austromitra cernohorskyi Turner, 2008
• Austromitra cinnamomea (A. Adams, 1855)
• Austromitra decresca Simone & Cunha, 2012
• Austromitra distincta (Thiele, 1925)
• Austromitra euzonata Sowerby III, 1900
• Austromitra gradusspira Lussi, 2015
• Austromitra hayesi Turner, 1999
• Austromitra ima (Bartsch, 1915)
• Austromitra kowieensis (Sowerby III, 1901)
• † Austromitra lacertosa (Cernohorsky, 1970)
• Austromitra lawsi Finlay, 1930
• Austromitra legrandi (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
• Austromitra maculosa Turner & Simone, 1997
• Austromitra minutenodosa Cernohorsky, 1980
• Austromitra planata (Hutton, 1885)
• † Austromitra pumila (Tate, 1889)
• † Austromitra quenelli C. A. Fleming, 1943
• † Austromitra ralphi (Cossmann, 1900)
• Austromitra retrocurvata (Verco, 1909)
• Austromitra rhodarion (Kilburn, 1972)
• Austromitra rosenbergi R. Salisbury, 2015
• Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)
• Austromitra sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
• Austromitra schomburgki (Angas, 1878)
• † Austromitra sordida (Tate, 1889)
• Austromitra tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
• Austromitra valarieae Lussi, 2015
• Austromitra volucra (Hedley, 1915)
• Austromitra zafra Powell, 1952

Species brought into synonymy:

• Austromitra brunneacincta Powell, 1952: synonym of Austromitra planata (Hutton, 1885)
• Austromitra bucklandi Gabriel, 1962: synonym of Austromitra tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• † Austromitra caudata Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Costellaria caudata (Marwick, 1931): synonym of †Vexillum caudatum (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
• Austromitra erecta Powell, 1934: synonym of Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)
• †Austromitra mawsoni Ludbrook, 1958 †: synonym of †Austromitra angusticostata Ludbrook, 1941
• † Austromitra pauciplicata Ludbrook, 1958: synonym of † Austromitra angusticostata Ludbrook, 1941
• Austromitra planatella Finlay, 1930: synonym of Austromitra planata (Hutton, 1885)
• † Austromitra plicifera Marwick, 1928: synonym of † Peculator pliciferus (Marwick, 1928)
• Austromitra rubiradix Finlay, 1926: synonym of Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)
• †Austromitra tricordata Beu, 1970: synonym of † Egestas tricordata (Beu, 1970)

Classification

BiotaAnimalia (Kingdom)Mollusca (Phylum)Gastropoda (Class)Caenogastropoda (Subclass)Neogastropoda (Order)Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)Costellariidae (Family)Austromitra (Genus)

External links

• Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
• Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626

Notes and References

1. Marshall . Bruce A. . Marrow . Maxwell P. . 2021 . The living Austromitra species of New Zealand (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Costellariidae) . Novaplex . 22 . 3 . 51–73.