Austrotriton textilis Tate 1888 (triton shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Alternative combination: Triton textilis

Full reference: R. Tate. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10:91-171

Belongs to Austrotriton according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1888

Sister taxa: Charonia (Sassia) angusta, Charonia (Sassia) danica, Sassia (Byramia), Sassia (Personella), Sassia (Sassia), Sassia africana, Sassia apenninica, Sassia armata, Sassia carlea, Sassia carmenensis, Sassia indica, Sassia kampyla, Sassia leucostomoides, Sassia lewisi, Sassia melpangi, Sassia morgani, Sassia nigeriana, Sassia nucleoides, Sassia parvula, Sassia philomelae, Sassia radialis, Sassia tatei, Sassia warreni, Austrosassia annectans, Austrosassia tortirostris, Austrosassia abbotti, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrotriton protensus, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrotriton cyphus, Austrotriton woodsii, Proxicharonia palmeri

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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