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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> griseicalx (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Cominula) griseicalx Willan, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Josepha) quoyana griseicalx Willan, 1978
=Cominella quoyana griseicalx Willan, 1978
Images: Cominella griseicalx Willan, 1978
Off the Three Kings Islands. 18mm
Holotype, collected in 13-15 metres, South East Bay, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71358). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> griseicalx (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Cominula) griseicalx Willan, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Josepha) quoyana griseicalx Willan, 1978
=Cominella quoyana griseicalx Willan, 1978
Details: Cominella griseicalx Willan, 1978
Size/Grows to:
Height 23mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, Northern
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Donald, K.M., Winter, D.J., Ashcroft, A.L., Spencer, H.G. 2015 Phylogeography of the whelk genus Cominella (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) suggests long-distance counter-current dispersal of a direct developer., Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115 (p.328)
  • Willan, R.C. Sep/1978 The molluscan genus Cominella (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) at the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(3) (p.438) 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
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