Austrosassia
Shell of Austrosassia parkinsonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Austrosassia Finlay, 1931
Type species
Septa parkinsonia Perry, 1811

Austrosassia is a genus of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

The genus contains the following species:^[1]

• Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
• Austrosassia ponderi (Beu, 1987)

Species brought into synonymy

• Austrosassia pahaoaensis Vella, 1954 †: synonym of Sassia pahaoaensis (Vella, 1954) †
• Austrosassia parkinsoniana [sic]: synonym of Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811) (misspelling)
• Austrosassia procera Finlay, 1931 †: synonym of Sassia minima (Hutton, 1873) † (original combination)
• Austrosassia pusulosa Marwick, 1965 †: synonym of Sassia pusulosa (Marwick, 1965) † (original combination)
• Austrosassia zealta Laws, 1939 †: synonym of Sassia zealta (Laws, 1939) † (original combination)

• Finlay H.J. (1931). On Austrosassia, Austroharpa, and Austrolithes, new genera; with some remarks on the gastropod protoconch. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 62: 7-19.

• Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 18-34