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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
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)

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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