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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) otagoensis (Finlay, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Zephos otagoensis Finlay, 1926
Images: Cominella otagoensis (Finlay, 1927)
Trawled 120 metres, NE of Taiaroa Head, Otago. 18mm
Dredged SW of Stewart Island, NZ. 20mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) otagoensis (Finlay, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Zephos otagoensis Finlay, 1926
Details: Cominella otagoensis (Finlay, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, to Foveaux Strait and Stewart 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. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.417) Original Description

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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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