title: Austrofusus
text: # Austrofusus
  
  Austrofusus is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
  
  ## Description
  
  Two extant species Austrofusus glans and A. chathamensis are endemic to New Zealand waters, but most species are extinct and there is an abundant fossil record within the country.
  
  ## Evolution
  
  Austrofusus glans is not closely related to other extant New Zealand buccinid whelks, and is instead related to the Northern Hemisphere genus Colus.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Austrofusus include:
  
  * † Austrofusus acuticostatus (Suter, 1917)
  * † Austrofusus affiliatus (Finlay, 1926)
  * † Austrofusus allani (King, 1934)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus alpha (Finlay, 1926)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus apudalpha (Finlay, 1926)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus beta (Finlay, 1926)
  * † Austrofusus bicarinatus (Suter, 1917)
  * Austrofusus chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)
  * † Austrofusus claviculus (King, 1933)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus cliftonensis (Marwick, 1926)
  * † Austrofusus coerulecens (Finlay, 1930)
  * † Austrofusus cottoni (King, 1933)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus demissus (Marwick, 1931)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus flexuosus (Marshall, 1918)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus gamma (Finlay, 1926)
  * Austrofusus glans (Röding, 1798)
  * † Austrofusus latecostatus (Suter, 1917)
  * † Austrofusus magnificus (Finlay, 1926)
  * † Austrofusus marshalli (King], 1933)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus marwicki (King, 1933)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus ngatuturaensis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus oneroaensis (Powell & Batrum, 1929)
  * † Austrofusus pagoda (Finlay, 1924)
  * †Austrofusus pliocenicus (Powell, 1931)
  * † Austrofusus precursor (Finlay, 1926)
  * † Austrofusus soliarius (Dell, 1950)
  * † Austrofusus spiniferus (Finlay & McDowall, 1923)
  * † Austrofusus taitae (Marwick, 1924)
  * † Austrofusus valedictus (King, 1935)
  * † (Neocola) Austrofusus zitteli (Suter, 1914)
  
  ### Species brought into synonymy
  
  * † Austrofusus propenodosa Bartrum, 1919: synonym of † Zelandiella propenodosa (Bartrum, 1919)
  