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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
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:
Off Three Kings Islands in 20-50 metres
Geographical Range:
A
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

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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