Cominella
Encyclopedia
Cominella is a genus
of carnivorous sea snail
, a marine
gastropod mollusc in the family
Buccinidae
, the true whelks.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of carnivorous sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
, a marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod mollusc in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the true whelks.
Species
Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus Cominella include:- Cominella acutinodosa (Reeve, 1846)
- Cominella adspersaCominella adspersaCominella adspersa, common name the speckled whelk or kawari in Maori, found in New Zealand, is a predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:* Powell A. W...
(BruguièreJean Guillaume BruguièreJean Guillaume Bruguière was a French physician, zoologist and diplomat.Bruguière was born in Montpellier.He was a doctor, connected to the University of Montpellier. His was interested in invertebrates, mostly snails ....
, 1789) - Cominella alertaeCominella alertaeCominella alertae is a species of predatory deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
(DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956) - Cominella eburneum (Reeve, 1846)
- Cominella elegantula Powell, 1946
- Cominella elegantula marlboroughensis PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1946
- Cominella elegantula marlboroughensis Powell
- Cominella ellisoni Marwick
- Cominella excoriata (Finlay, 1926)
- Cominella excoriata tolagaensis PonderWinston PonderWinston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
, 1968
- Cominella excoriata tolagaensis Ponder
- Cominella glandiformisCominella glandiformisCominella glandiformis, or the mud whelk or mud-flat whelk is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
(ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1847) - Cominella haroldi Powell, 1946
- Cominella lineolata (Lamarck, 1809)
- Cominella maculosaCominella maculosaCominella maculosa, common name the spotted whelk, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
(MartynThomas MartynThomas Martyn was an English botanist and Professor of Botany at Cambridge University. He is sometimes confused with the conchologist and entomologist of the same name....
, 1784) - Cominella mirabilis PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1929- Cominella mirabilis canturiensis (DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1951) - Cominella mirabilis powelli (Fleming, 1948)
- Cominella mirabilis canturiensis (Dell
- Cominella nassoides (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1846)- Cominella nassoides consobrina PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1933 - Cominella nassoides haroldi PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1946 - Cominella nassoides irdalei (FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1928) - Cominella nassoides nodicincta (Martens, 1878)
- Cominella nassoides otakauica PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1946
- Cominella nassoides consobrina Powell
- Cominella norfolkensis (Iredale, 1940)
- Cominella olsoniCominella olsoniCominella olsoni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
(DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956) - Cominella otagoensisCominella otagoensisCominella otagoensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
(FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1927) - Cominella quoyanaCominella quoyanaCominella quoyana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
A. AdamsArthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
, 1854- Cominella quoyana accuminata HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1893 - Cominella quoyana griseicalx Willian, 1978
- Cominella quoyana necopinata (FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1930)
- Cominella quoyana accuminata Hutton
- Cominella regalis Willian, 1977
- Cominella tasmanica Tenison - Woods, 1878
- Cominella testudinea (Bruguière, 1789)
- Cominella tolagaensis PonderWinston PonderWinston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
, 1968 - Cominella virgataCominella virgataCominella virgata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.* Cominella virgata brookesi Powell, 1952-References:...
H.& A. AdamsArthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
, 1853- Cominella virgata brookesiCominella virgata brookesiCominella virgata brookesi is a subspecies of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1952
- Cominella virgata brookesi
Species brought into synonymy :
- Cominella acutispira Sowerby, 1821 : synonym of Nucella dubiaNucella dubiaNucella dubia, common name the common dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Krauss, 1848) - Cominella albolirata Tenison-Woods, 1879 : synonym of Haustrum vinosumHaustrum vinosumHaustrum vinosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Lamarck, 1822) - Cominella elongata Dunker, 1857 : synonym of Afrocominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
- Cominella fuscopicta Turton, 1932 : synonym of Vaughtia fenestrataVaughtia fenestrataVaughtia fenestrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Gould, 1860) - Cominella koperbergi K. Martin, 1933: synonym of Buccinaria jonkeriBuccinaria jonkeriBuccinaria jonkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae.-Description:The size of the white shell varies between 20mm and 35mm.-External links:*...
(Koperberg, 1931) - Cominella puncturata G.B. Sowerby III, 1886 : synonym of Vaughtia fenestrataVaughtia fenestrataVaughtia fenestrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Gould, 1860) - Cominella retifera K. Martin, 1933 : synonym of Buccinaria jonkeriBuccinaria jonkeriBuccinaria jonkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae.-Description:The size of the white shell varies between 20mm and 35mm.-External links:*...
(Koperberg, 1931) - Cominella sulcata G.B. Sowerby III, 1892 : synonym of Maorimorpha sulcata (Sowerby III, 1892)
- Cominella unifasciata G.B. Sowerby III, 1886 : synonym of Nucella castanea (Küster, 1886)