Marine Species Traits - Austrotyla Causey, 1961

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Austrotyla Causey, 1961

Conotyla specus

AphiaID

891080 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891080)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Austrotylinae Shear, 1976

Parent

Austrotylinae Shear, 1976

Direct children (8)

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Species Austrotyla awishoshola Wynne & Shear, 2016
Species Austrotyla borealis Shear, 1971
Species Austrotyla chihuahua Shear, 1971
Species Austrotyla coloradensis (Chamberlin, 1910)
Species Austrotyla montani Loomis & Schmitt, 1971
Species Austrotyla montivaga (Loomis, 1943)
Species Austrotyla specus (Loomis, 1939)
Species Austrotyla stephensoni Shear & Steinmann, 2013

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Causey, N. B. (1961). Austrotyla, a new milliped genus Chordeumidea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 74: 251-265
page(s): 252 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Austrotyla Causey, 1961. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891080 on 2026-09-15

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Austrotyla Causey, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891080 on 2026-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

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original description Causey, N. B. (1961). Austrotyla, a new milliped genus Chordeumidea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 74: 251-265
page(s): 252 [details]

additional source Shear, W. A. (1976). The milliped family Conotylidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumida). Revision of the genus Taiyutyla, with notes on recently proposed taxa. American Museum Novitates, 2715: 1-22. NewYork [details]

additional source Shear, W. A:; Richart, C. H.; Wong, V. L. (2020). The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4753(1): 1-78., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4753.1 [details]

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Conotyla specus

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