Austrocochlea

Austrocochlea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails, also known as top shells.

This genus was founded as a subgenus by Fisher in 1885 to include a small group of Australian species, included in the genus Monodonta. They had previously been included in Trochocochlea Klein, 1753 ( = Osilinus Philippi, 1847 ), a section that was then restricted to the Mediterranean group.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and mainly off Australia.

Species
Species within the genus Austrocochlea include:
 * Austrocochlea brevis Parsons & Ward, 1994
 * Austrocochlea constellata (Souverbie, 1863)
 * Austrocochlea constricta (Lamarck, 1822), the southern ribbed top snail
 * Austrocochlea diminuta (Hedley, 1912)
 * Austrocochlea piperina (Philippi, 1849)
 * Austrocochlea porcata (A. Adams, 1853), the zebra top snail
 * Austrocochlea quadrasi (Sowerby III, 1898)
 * Austrocochlea rudis Gray, 1826
 * Austrocochlea zebra Menke, K.T., 1829
 * Austrocochlea zeus P. Fischer, 1874
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Austrocochlea adelaidae (Philippi, 1851) : synonym of Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Philippi, 1849)
 * Austrocochlea concamerata (Wood, 1828) : synonym of Diloma concamerata (Wood, 1828)
 * Austrocochlea obtusa Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962 : synonym of Austrocochlea constricta (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Austrocochlea odontis (W. Wood, 1828) : synonym of Chlorodiloma odontis (W. Wood, 1828)
 * Austrocochlea porcata Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962 : synonym of Austrocochlea constricta (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Austrocochlea torri Cotton & Godfrey, 1934 : synonym of Austrocochlea constricta (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Austrocochlea tricingulata (Adams, A., 1853) : synonym of Austrocochlea quadrasi Sowerby III, 1898