Austropusilla
Genus of gastropods
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Austropusilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Austropusilla | |
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| Austropusilla hilum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Austropusilla Laseron, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Mangelia hilum Hedley, 1908 | |
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Distribution
This marine genus used to be endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. A. simoniana occurs off the Cape Province, South Africa.
Species
Species within the genus Austropusilla include:
- Austropusilla hilum (Hedley, 1908)
- Austropusilla profundis Laseron, 1954
- Austropusilla simoniana Kilburn, 1974
- Synonyms
- subgenus Austropusilla (Metaclathurella) Shuto, 1983: synonym of Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898
- Austropusilla crokerensis Shuto, 1983: synonym of Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983) (original combination)
