Austrofusus
# Austrofusus

Austrofusus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

## Description

Two extant species Austrofusus glans and A. chathamensis are endemic to New Zealand waters, but most species are extinct and there is an abundant fossil record within the country.

## Evolution

Austrofusus glans is not closely related to other extant New Zealand buccinid whelks, and is instead related to the Northern Hemisphere genus Colus.

## Species

Species within the genus Austrofusus include:

* † Austrofusus acuticostatus (Suter, 1917)
* † Austrofusus affiliatus (Finlay, 1926)
* † Austrofusus allani (King, 1934)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus alpha (Finlay, 1926)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus apudalpha (Finlay, 1926)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus beta (Finlay, 1926)
* † Austrofusus bicarinatus (Suter, 1917)
* Austrofusus chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)
* † Austrofusus claviculus (King, 1933)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus cliftonensis (Marwick, 1926)
* † Austrofusus coerulecens (Finlay, 1930)
* † Austrofusus cottoni (King, 1933)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus demissus (Marwick, 1931)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus flexuosus (Marshall, 1918)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus gamma (Finlay, 1926)
* Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)
* † Austrofusus latecostatus (Suter, 1917)
* † Austrofusus magnificus (Finlay, 1926)
* † Austrofusus marshalli (King], 1933)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus marwicki (King, 1933)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus ngatuturaensis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus oneroaensis (Powell & Batrum, 1929)
* † Austrofusus pagoda (Finlay, 1924)
* †Austrofusus pliocenicus (Powell, 1931)
* † Austrofusus precursor (Finlay, 1926)
* † Austrofusus soliarius (Dell, 1950)
* † Austrofusus spiniferus (Finlay & McDowall, 1923)
* † Austrofusus taitae (Marwick, 1924)
* † Austrofusus valedictus (King, 1935)
* † (Neocola) Austrofusus zitteli (Suter, 1914)

### Species brought into synonymy

* † Austrofusus propenodosa Bartrum, 1919: synonym of † Zelandiella propenodosa (Bartrum, 1919)
