Cosmasyrinx
Appearance
| Cosmasyrinx | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Cosmasyrinx Marwick, 1931 |
| Type species | |
| † Cosmasyrinx monilifera Marwick, 1931 (type by original designation) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cosmasyrinx is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned to a family within the superfamily Conoidea.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Cosmasyrinx include:
- † Cosmasyrinx antarctigera Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004
- † Cosmasyrinx ardua Marwick, 1931
- † Cosmasyrinx dolorosa (Finlay & Marwick, 1937)
- † Cosmasyrinx latior Marwick, 1931
- † Cosmasyrinx levicristata Darragh, 1997
- † Cosmasyrinx makiyamai Shuto, 1961 (uncertain > unassessed)
- † Cosmasyrinx marwicki Beu, 1970
- † Cosmasyrinx monilifera Marwick, 1931
- † Cosmasyrinx tereumera Marwick, 1931
- Synonyms
- † Cosmasyrinx brychiosinus Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992: synonym of † Cochlespira brychiosinus (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
- † Cosmasyrinx semilirata A. W. B. Powell, 1942: synonym of † Cryptodaphne semilirata (A. W. B. Powell, 1942) (superseded combination)
References
[edit]- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cosmasyrinx Marwick, 1931 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828268 on 2026-07-25
- Marwick, J. (1931). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177. 18: pls.
- Finlay, H. J. & Marwick, J. (1937). The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Palæontological Bulletin. 15, 1–140, 18 pls.