Austroclavus
Genus of gastropods
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Austroclavus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned to a family within the superfamily Conoidea.[1][2]
| Austroclavus | |
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| Austroclavus glaber | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Austroclavus Powell, 1942 |
| Type species | |
| † Drillia tenuispiralis P. Marshall, 1918 | |
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1942, who named Drillia tenuispiralis (current name Austroclavus tenuispiralis) as the type species.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Austroclavus include:
- † Austroclavus awakinoensis Powell, 1942
- † Austroclavus clifdenensis Powell, 1942
- † Austroclavus famelicus (Marwick, 1931)
- † Austroclavus finlayi Powell, 1942
- † Austroclavus glaber Powell, 1944
- † Austroclavus kaipara (Laws, 1939)
- † Austroclavus marshalli Powell, 1942
- † Austroclavus nitens (P. Marshall, 1918)
- † Austroclavus nodulatus Laws, 1948
- † Austroclavus tenuispiralis (P. Marshall, 1918)
- Austroclavus undatus (Hedley, 1907)[4]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Austroclavus aeneus (Hedley, 1922): synonym of Antiguraleus aeneus (Hedley, 1922)
- † Austroclavus brevicaudalis A. W. B. Powell, 1944: synonym of Austroclavus glaber A. W. B. Powell, 1944
- Austroclavus exasperatus (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Clavus exasperatus (Reeve, 1843)
- † Austroclavus lygdinopsis A. W. B. Powell, 1944: synonym of Austroclavus glaber A. W. B. Powell, 1944
- † Austroclavus teres A. W. B. Powell, 1944: synonym of Austroclavus glaber A. W. B. Powell, 1944
Gallery
Austroclavus clifdenensis
Austroclavus finlayi
Austroclavus marshalli
