- Fautor
Taxobox
name = "Fautor"
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Prosobranchia
ordo =Archaeogastropoda
superfamilia =Trochacea
familia =Trochidae
genus = "Fautor"
genus_authority = Iredale, 1924
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Fautor" is a
genus of small seasnail s, marinegastropod mollusc s in the familyTrochidae , the top shells.Distribution
This genus is found in south eastern
Australia , andNew Zealand including theKermadec Islands .Description
The shells are small, narrow, with a tall spire and strongly sculptured post-nuclear whorls.
pecies within the genus "Fautor"
* "
Fautor onustus " (Odhner, 1924)
* "Fautor consobrinum " (Powell, 1958)References
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/index.html NZ Mollusca]
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