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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> necopinata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Cominula) necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
=Cominella (Cominula) youngi Powell, 1940
=Cominella (Josepha) quoyana necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
=Cominella quoyana necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
=Radulphus necopinatus Finlay, 1930
Images: Cominella necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
Holotype of Cominella (Josepha) quoyana necopinata, collected from Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70662). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in beach drift, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 21mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> necopinata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Cominula) necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
=Cominella (Cominula) youngi Powell, 1940
=Cominella (Josepha) quoyana necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
=Cominella quoyana necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
=Radulphus necopinatus Finlay, 1930
Details: Cominella necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Width 11mm
Distribution:
Northern North Island
Geographical Range:
A
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.329)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.193)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.236) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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