Austromitra

Austromitra is a genus of sea snails in the family Costellariidae.^[1] They are small carnivorous marine gastropod mollusks, most of which are less than 15 mm in length. They live on hard substrates, intertidally and to a depth of at least 1000 m. The genus is found in southern Africa, southern Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.^[2]

Austromitra
Austromitra analogica tatei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Austromitra Finlay, 1926
Synonyms[1]
† Balcomitra Finlay, 1927 Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926

Species

Species within the genus Austromitra include:

• Austromitra aikeni Lussi, 2015
• † Austromitra ambulacrum (Marwick, 1926)
• Austromitra analogica (Reeve, 1845)^[3]
• Austromitra angulata (Suter, 1908)^[4]
• † Austromitra angusticostata Ludbrook, 1941
• Austromitra arnoldi (Verco, 1909)^[5]
• Austromitra bathyraphe (Sowerby III, 1900)^[6]
• Austromitra bellapicta (Verco, 1909)^[7]
• Austromitra canaliculata (Sowerby III, 1900)^[8]
• Austromitra capensis (Reeve, 1845)^[9]
• Austromitra cernohorskyi Turner, 2008^[10]
• Austromitra cinnamomea (A. Adams, 1855)^[11]
• Austromitra decresca Simone & Cunha, 2012
• Austromitra distincta (Thiele, 1925)^[12]
• Austromitra euzonata Sowerby III, 1900^[13]
• Austromitra gradusspira Lussi, 2015
• Austromitra hayesi Turner, 1999^[14]
• Austromitra ima (Bartsch, 1915)^[15]
• Austromitra kowieensis (Sowerby III, 1901)^[16]
• † Austromitra lacertosa (Cernohorsky, 1970)
• Austromitra lawsi Finlay, 1930^[17]
• Austromitra legrandi (Tenison-Woods, 1876)^[18]
• Austromitra maculosa Turner & Simone, 1997^[19]
• Austromitra minutenodosa Cernohorsky, 1980^[20]
• Austromitra planata (Hutton, 1885)
• † Austromitra pumila (Tate, 1889)
• † Austromitra quenelli C. A. Fleming, 1943
• † Austromitra ralphi (Cossmann, 1900)
• Austromitra retrocurvata (Verco, 1909)^[21]
• Austromitra rhodarion (Kilburn, 1972)^[22]
• Austromitra rosenbergi R. Salisbury, 2015
• Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)^[23]
• Austromitra sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
• Austromitra schomburgki (Angas, 1878)^[24]
• † Austromitra sordida (Tate, 1889)
• Austromitra tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1876)^[25]
• Austromitra valarieae Lussi, 2015
• Austromitra volucra (Hedley, 1915)^[26]
• Austromitra zafra Powell, 1952^[27]

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

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