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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides consobrina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) ellisoni consobrina Powell, 1933
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides consobrina Powell, 1933 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella ellisoni consobrina Powell, 1933
Images: Cominella nassoides consobrina Powell, 1933
Holotype of Cominella (Eucominia) ellisoni consorbrina, collected Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70186). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides consobrina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) ellisoni consobrina Powell, 1933
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides consobrina Powell, 1933 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella ellisoni consobrina Powell, 1933
Details: Cominella nassoides consobrina Powell, 1933
Size/Grows to:
Height 60mm, Width 28mm
Distribution:
Chatham Islands, probably sub-recent
Geographical Range:
M
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.195)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 The marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.206) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil