''Awateria'' is a
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s,
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gastropod
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s in the
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Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
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[Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Awateria. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432412 on 2012-06-28] Most species in this genus have become extinct.
Description
In general shape and sculpture the type of this genus is reminiscent of ''Arcularia''
Link, 1807 (synonym of ''
Nassarius''
Duméril, 1805), the
protoconch
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is comparatively large. The fasciole runs between the wreath of subsutural nodules and the upright ribs. The canal is short, wide, and effuse. From ''
Epideira''
Hedley, 1918, to which, it seems to be related, the larger protoconch, few and rapidly increasing whorls, the subcylindrical form and the shallow sinus of ''Awateria'' readily distinguish it.
Records of the Australian Museum 13 (1922)
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Species
Species within the genus ''Awateria'' include:
* '' Awateria crossei'' (Smith E. A., 1891)
* † '' Awateria defossa'' Powell, 1942
* † '' Awateria echinata'' Powell, 1942
* † '' Awateria evanida'' Suter, 1917
* '' Awateria hoylei'' (Smith E. A., 1891)
* † '' Awateria karakaensis'' Marwick, 1931
* † '' Awateria marwicki'' Powell, 1942
* † '' Awateria miocenica'' Vella, 1954
* '' Awateria optabilis'' (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
* † '' Awateria retiolata'' L. C. King, 1933
* † '' Awateria streptophora'' Suter, 1917
* † '' Awateria striata'' Vella, 1954
* † '' Awateria thomsoni'' Powell, 1942
* † '' Awateria wairoaensis'' Powell, 1942
* '' Awateria watsoni'' (Smith E. A., 1891)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Awateria aliena'' Marwick, 1965 : synonym of † '' Taranis aliena'' (Marwick, 1965) (original combination)
* ''Awateria challengeri'' (Smith E. A., 1891): synonym of ''Belomitra challengeri
''Belomitra'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Belomitridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Belomitra'' include:
* '' Belomitra admete'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
* '' Belomitra aikeni'' ...
'' (E. A. Smith, 1891)
* † ''Awateria expalliata'' Laws, 1947: synonym of † '' Mioawateria expalliata'' (Laws, 1947)
* † ''Awateria experta'' Laws, 1947: synonym of † '' Awheaturris experta'' (Laws, 1947) (original combination)
* † ''Awateria mollyae'' L. C. King, 1933: synonym of † '' Awateria retiolata'' L. C. King, 1933 (synonym)
* † ''Awateria personata'' Powell, 1942: synonym of † '' Mioawateria personata'' (Powell, 1942)
References
* Suter, New Zealand Geological Survey, Pal. Bull. No. 5, Pt. I., 1917
External links
P. Vella, ''Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa''; Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1954
Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) ''Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone''
Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
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