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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> regalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Cominula) regalis Willan, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Cominella regalis Willan, 1978
Off Three Kings Islands, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected in 21 metres, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> regalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Cominula) regalis Willan, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Cominella regalis Willan, 1978
Size/Grows to:
Height 21mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, from 7-23m
Type Data:
  • Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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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