Austrosassia tortirostris ( Tate, 1888 )

Darragh, Thomas A., 2024, A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 83, pp. 37-206 : 82

Austrosassia tortirostris ( Tate, 1888)

Triton minimum Tenison Woods, 1877: 107 non Hutton, 1873.

Triton tortirostris Tate, 1888: 123 , pl. 5, fig. 7 nom. nov. for Triton minimum Tenison Woods, 1877 non Hutton, 1873.— Ludbrook, 1961b: pl. 7, fig. 4.

Triton crassicostatus Tate, 1888: 125 , pl. 11, fig. 4.

Triton oligostirus Tate, 1888: 126 , pl. 6, fig. 7.

Lotorium annectans ( Tate, 1888) .— Harris, 1897: 192, pl. 6, figs 7a, b (protoconch) non Tate.

Lotorium oligostirum ( Tate, 1888) .— Kesteven, 1902: 469, pl. 17, fig. 7.

Lotorium tortirostris ( Tate, 1888) .— Kesteven, 1902: 470, pl. 17, fig. 8.

Cymatium tortirostris ( Tate, 1888) .— Kesteven, 1912: pl. 1, figs 1, 2.

Charonia (Austrosassia) tortirostris ( Tate, 1888) .— Ludbrook, 1967: 67, pl. 2, fig. 26.

Cymatiella oligostira ( Tate, 1888) .— Ludbrook, 1973: pl. 25, fig. 29.

Sassia tortirostris ( Tate, 1888) .— Darragh, 2017: 52, Fig. 3.41.

Distribution. Eucla Basin: Pallinup Formation. St Vincent Basin: Blanche Point Formation (type of T. oligostirus ). Murray Basin: Cadell Marl, Bookpurnong Formation. Otway Basin: Browns Creek Formation, Glen Aire Clay, Fishing Point Marl, Myaring beds, Gellibrand Formation, Muddy Creek Formation. Port Phillip Basin: Jan Juc Formation, Puebla Formation, Gellibrand Formation (type). Gippsland Basin: Wuk Wuk Marl. New Zealand (Miocene). Age : late Eocene–middle Miocene.