The Austrosiphonidae are a
taxonomic family
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of large
sea snails, often known as
whelk
Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to various kinds of sea snail. Although a number of whelks are relatively large and are in the family Buccinidae (the true whelks), the word ''whelk'' is also applied to some other marin ...
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Genera
* ''
Antarctoneptunea''
Dell, 1972
* ''
Kelletia''
P. Fischer, 1884
* ''
Penion
''Penion'' is a genus of large marine (ocean), marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family (biology), family Austrosiphonidae, the true whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Penion P. Fischer, 188 ...
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P. Fischer, 1884
* ''
Serratifusus''
Darragh, 1969
;Synonyms:
* ''Austrosipho''
Cossmann, 1906: synonym of ''Penion''
P. Fischer, 1884
* ''Berylsma''
Iredale, 1924: synonym of ''Penion''
P. Fischer, 1884
* ''Largisipho''
Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''Penion''
P. Fischer, 1884
* ''Verconella''
Iredale, 1914: synonym of ''Penion''
P. Fischer, 1884 (unnecessary substitute name for Penion, by Iredale assumed to be a junior homonym of Penium Philippi, 1865.)
References
* Cotton, B. C. & Godfrey, F. K. (1938). A systematic list of the gastropoda the marine, freshwater and land univalve mollusca of south and central Australia. Adelaide: Malacological Society of South Australia. 44 pp.
* Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. & Bouchet, P. (2021). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031: 1-69.
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Buccinoidea