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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides haroldi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) haroldi Powell, 1946
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides haroldi Powell, 1946 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella haroldi Powell, 1946
Images: Cominella nassoides haroldi Powell, 1946
70 metres, Dusky Sound, Fiordland, NZ. 34mm
20 metres, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, NZ. 29mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides haroldi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) haroldi Powell, 1946
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides haroldi Powell, 1946 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella haroldi Powell, 1946
Details: Cominella nassoides haroldi Powell, 1946
Size/Grows to:
Height 35mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
Fiordland, about 20-70 metres
Geographical Range:
F
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.194)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1946 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from the South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.142) 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