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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> alertae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) alertae (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Fax alertae Dell, 1956
Images: Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Fax alertae, collected 24 Jan 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009773). 27mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> alertae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) alertae (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Fax alertae Dell, 1956
Details: Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 27mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
Off Chatham Islands to Chatham Rise
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.194)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.92) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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