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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> elegantula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) elegantula (Finlay, 1926)
=Cominella (Eucominia) elegantula marlboroughensis Powell, 1946
=Cominella (Eucominia) marlboroughensis Powell, 1946
=Cominella elegantula marlboroughensis Powell, 1946
=Cominella marlboroughensis Powell, 1946
=Eucominia elegantula Finlay, 1926
=Eucominia elegantula verrucosa Finlay, 1926
Images: Cominella elegantula (Finlay, 1926)
Holotype of Cominella (Eucominia) marlboroughensis, 40 km E of Cape Campbell, NZ (MA71453). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, from Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
300 metres, Narrows Basin, western Cook Strait, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> elegantula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) elegantula (Finlay, 1926)
=Cominella (Eucominia) elegantula marlboroughensis Powell, 1946
=Cominella (Eucominia) marlboroughensis Powell, 1946
=Cominella elegantula marlboroughensis Powell, 1946
=Cominella marlboroughensis Powell, 1946
=Eucominia elegantula Finlay, 1926
=Eucominia elegantula verrucosa Finlay, 1926
Details: Cominella elegantula (Finlay, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Height 28mm, Width 13mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait to Cape Campbell
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic, Pronounced shoulder sulcus and thin axial ribbing
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Raven, J.L. Nov/2011 A good wash-up on the Kapiti Coast, Cookia, 23 (p.7)
  • Raven, J.L. Nov/2011 Notes on New Zealand collected species, Cookia, 23 (p.18)
  • Raven, J.L. Nov/2009 Interesting finds around Wellington, Cookia, 21 (p.22)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.195)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 56 (p.240) Original Description

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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