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Austrosphaera

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Austrosphaera was named by Camacho (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani].

It was assigned to Buccinidae by Griffin and Hünicken (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Vermeij (1998) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Austrosphaera Camacho
1994Austrosphaera Griffin and Hünicken p. 264
1996Seymourosphaera Oleinik and Zinsmeister
1998Austrosphaera Vermeij p. 75
1998Seymourosphaera Vermeij p. 75
2002Austrosphaera Sepkoski
2002Seymourosphaera Sepkoski
2004Seymourosphaera Stilwell et al. p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPseudolivinaeCossmann 1901
genusAustrosphaeraCamacho 1949

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. †Austrosphaera Camacho 1949
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Invalid names: Seymourosphaera Oleinik and Zinsmeister 1996 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available