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Austrofusus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Austrofusus was named by Kobelt (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant. Its type is Fusus fontainei.

It was reranked as Siphonalia (Austrofusus) by Clark (1938).

It was assigned to Siphonalia by Clark (1938); to Buccinidae by Beu et al. (1990); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Austrofusus Kobelt
1938Siphonalia (Austrofusus) Clark
1990Austrofusus Beu et al. p. 412
2002Austrofusus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAustrofususKobelt 1879

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Austrofusus Kobelt 1879
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Subg. Austrofusus (Austrofusus) Kobelt 1879
Subg. Austrofusus (Ellicea) Finlay 1928
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Ellicea succinctus Tenison-Woods 1879
Austrofusus fontainei d'Orbigny 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available