Austrobela pyrropelex

Austrobela pyrropelex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Austrobela
Species:
A. pyrropelex
Binomial name
Austrobela pyrropelex
(Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms[1]
  • Austrobela levis Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021 junior subjective synonym
  • Surcula dissimilis Barnard, K.H., 1958
  • Typhlosyrinx pyrropelex Barnard, 1963
  • Xanthodaphne pyrropelex (Barnard, 1963) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Austrobela pyrropelex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Cape Province, South Africa

References

  • Barnard, Keppel Harcourt. Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa. South African Museum, 1963.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Criscione, F.; Hallan, A.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2021). "Deep Downunder: Integrative taxonomy of Austrobela, Spergo, Theta and Austrotheta (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of Australia". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Criscione, F.; Hallan, A. (2025). "Addressing knowledge gaps in the systematics of temperate south-east Australian deep-sea Raphitomidae (Caenogastropoda: Conoidea): integrative taxonomy of species of less diverse and taxonomically problematic genera". Invertebrate Systematics. 39 (2). Retrieved 15 December 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)