Austrotriton subdistortus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
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| Shell of Austrotriton subdistortus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Austrotriton |
| Species: | A. subdistortus
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| Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck, 1822)
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Description
editShell size 39 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Tasmania.
References
edit- ^ a b Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
External links
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- Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
- Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 18-34