Austrotriton bassi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Austrotriton bassi
Shell of Austrotriton bassi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Austrotriton
Species:
A. bassi
Binomial name
Austrotriton bassi
(Angas, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sassia bassi (Angas, 1869)
  • Triton bassi Angas, 1869
  • Tritonium fraterculus Dunker, 1871

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Bass Strait off Tasmania

References

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  1. ^ a b Austrotriton bassi (Angas, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
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