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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> accuminata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Cominula) acuminata Hutton, 1893
=Cominella (Josepha) acuminata Hutton, 1893
=Cominella (Josepha) quoyana accuminata Hutton, 1893
=Cominella (Josepha) quoyana euthriaformis Powell, 1929
=Cominella acuminata Hutton, 1893
=Cominella elongata Hutton, 1885
=Cominella euthriaformis Powell, 1929
=Cominella quoyana accuminata Hutton, 1893
Images: Cominella accuminata Hutton, 1893
Reef Point, Ahipara, Far North, NZ. 22mm
Holotype, collected between Muriwai and Te Henga, Waitakere, NZ (MA72050). 20mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> accuminata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Cominula) acuminata Hutton, 1893
=Cominella (Josepha) acuminata Hutton, 1893
=Cominella (Josepha) quoyana accuminata Hutton, 1893
=Cominella (Josepha) quoyana euthriaformis Powell, 1929
=Cominella acuminata Hutton, 1893
=Cominella elongata Hutton, 1885
=Cominella euthriaformis Powell, 1929
=Cominella quoyana accuminata Hutton, 1893
Details: Cominella accuminata Hutton, 1893
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
Northland west coast
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, More slender than C. quoyana, whorls evenly convex, not shouldered; interior of the aperture is strongly lirae
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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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