Austrofusus

Austrofusus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Austrofusus Temporal range: Middle Paleocene to Recent, 42.6–0.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A dorsal view of a shell of Austrofusus glans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Austrofusus Kobelt, 1879
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Neocola Finlay, 1926 (Neocola) Austrofusus Finlay, 1926 Aethocola Gray, 1843

Description

Two extant species Austrofusus glans and A. chathamensis are endemic to New Zealand waters,^[1][2] but most species are extinct and there is an abundant fossil record within the country.^[3]

Evolution

Austrofusus glans is not closely related to other extant New Zealand buccinid whelks, and is instead related to the Northern Hemisphere genus Colus.^[4]

Species

Species within the genus Austrofusus include:

• † Austrofusus acuticostatus (Suter, 1917)^[3]
• † Austrofusus affiliatus (Finlay, 1926)^[3]
• † Austrofusus allani (King, 1934)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus alpha (Finlay, 1926)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus apudalpha (Finlay, 1926)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus beta (Finlay, 1926)^[3]
• † Austrofusus bicarinatus (Suter, 1917)^[3]
• Austrofusus chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)^[3][1]
• † Austrofusus claviculus (King, 1933)
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus cliftonensis (Marwick, 1926)^[3]
• † Austrofusus coerulecens (Finlay, 1930)^[3]
• † Austrofusus cottoni (King, 1933)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus demissus (Marwick, 1931)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus flexuosus (Marshall, 1918)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus gamma (Finlay, 1926)^[3]
• Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)^[3][1]
• † Austrofusus latecostatus (Suter, 1917)^[3]
• † Austrofusus magnificus (Finlay, 1926)^[3]
• † Austrofusus marshalli (King], 1933)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus marwicki (King, 1933)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus ngatuturaensis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus oneroaensis (Powell & Batrum, 1929)^[3]
• † Austrofusus pagoda (Finlay, 1924)^[3]
• †Austrofusus pliocenicus (Powell, 1931)^[3]
• † Austrofusus precursor (Finlay, 1926)^[3]
• † Austrofusus soliarius (Dell, 1950)^[3]
• † Austrofusus spiniferus (Finlay & McDowall, 1923)^[3]
• † Austrofusus taitae (Marwick, 1924)^[3]
• † Austrofusus valedictus (King, 1935)^[3]
• † (Neocola) Austrofusus zitteli (Suter, 1914)^[3]

Species brought into synonymy

• † Austrofusus propenodosa Bartrum, 1919: synonym of † Zelandiella propenodosa (Bartrum, 1919)