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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum nassoides Reeve, 1846
=Buccinum veneris Filhol, 1880
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides foveauxana Powell, 1946
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
=Cominella nassoides nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
=Eucominia filholi Finlay, 1930
=Eucominia nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
Images: Cominella nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
Stewart Island, NZ. 32mm
Holotype of Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides foveauxana Powell, collected Foveaux Strait, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum nassoides Reeve, 1846
=Buccinum veneris Filhol, 1880
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides foveauxana Powell, 1946
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
=Cominella nassoides nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
=Eucominia filholi Finlay, 1930
=Eucominia nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
Details: Cominella nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
Size/Grows to:
Height 50mm, Width 25mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island and Foveaux Strait
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Gibbs, D.W., Scott, I. Apr/1989 The Cominella nassoides Complex, Poirieria, 15(6) (p.2)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.194)

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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