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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides iredalei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides iredalei (Finlay, 1928) accepted, alternate representation
=Eucominia iredalei Finlay, 1928
Images: Cominella nassoides iredalei (Finlay, 1928)
From the Chatham Islands. 49mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70284). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides iredalei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides iredalei (Finlay, 1928) accepted, alternate representation
=Eucominia iredalei Finlay, 1928
Details: Cominella nassoides iredalei (Finlay, 1928)
Size/Grows to:
Height 55mm, Width 33mm
Distribution:
Chatham Island
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)
  • Finlay, H. 1928 The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 59 (p.255) 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