Austrocochlea
Austrocochlea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails, also known as top shells.
This genus was founded as a subgenus by Fisher in 1885 to include a small group of Australian species, included in the genus Monodonta. They had previously been included in Trochocochlea Klein, 1753, a section that was then restricted to the Mediterranean group.Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and mainly off Australia.Species
Species within the genus Austrocochlea include:
- Austrocochlea brevis Parsons & Ward, 1994
- Austrocochlea constellata
- Austrocochlea constricta, the southern ribbed top snail
- Austrocochlea diminuta
- Austrocochlea piperina
- Austrocochlea porcata, the zebra top snail
- Austrocochlea quadrasi
- Austrocochlea rudis Gray, 1826
- Austrocochlea zeus P. Fischer, 1874
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Austrocochlea adelaidae : synonym of Chlorodiloma adelaidae
- Austrocochlea concamerata : synonym of Diloma concamerata
- Austrocochlea obtusa Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962: synonym of Austrocochlea constricta
- Austrocochlea odontis : synonym of Chlorodiloma odontis
- Austrocochlea porcata Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962: synonym of Austrocochlea constricta
- Austrocochlea torri Cotton & Godfrey, 1934: synonym of Austrocochlea constricta
- Austrocochlea tricingulata : synonym of Austrocochlea quadrasi Sowerby III, 1898
- Austrocochlea zebra Menke, K.T., 1829: synonym of Austrocochlea porcata
