Austrocochlea
Genus of gastropods
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Austrocochlea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails, also known as top shells.[2]
| Austrocochlea | |
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| Austrocochlea rudis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Austrocochlea Fischer, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| Monodonta constricta Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 | |
| Synonyms | |
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.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and mainly off Australia.
Species
Species within the genus Austrocochlea include:
- 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 zebra Menke, K.T., 1829
- Austrocochlea zeus P. Fischer, 1874
- Species brought into synonymy
- 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
