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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> glandiformis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum glandiforme Reeve, 1847
=Buccinum luridum Philippi, 1849
=Cominella (Cominista) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Josepha) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
Images: Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
Waipu, Northland, NZ. 25mm
(orange form) - On oysters, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 22mm
Common on mud and sandy flats in sheltered waters
A group devouring a dead bivalve. Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 20-25 mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> glandiformis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum glandiforme Reeve, 1847
=Buccinum luridum Philippi, 1849
=Cominella (Cominista) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Josepha) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
Details: Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
Size/Grows to:
Height 43mm, Width 23mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Mud Whelk, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S. Oct/2013 In a Whorl with Cominella glandiformis, Poirieria, 37 (p.4)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.193)
  • Bimler, A. 1976 Effects of overcrowding on floating behaviour in the mud whelk Cominella glandiformis (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 10(4) (p.715)

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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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