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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> virgata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum lineolatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Cominella (Cominula) virgata H. & A. Adams, 1853 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Cominula) virgata brookesi Powell, 1952 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Josepha) virgata H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Cominella virgata brookesi Powell, 1952
=Cominella virgata virgata H. & A. Adams, 1853
Images: Cominella virgata H. & A. Adams, 1853
Bland Bay, Northland, 10 metres. 35mm
In a shallow rock pool, north of Auckland
In a shallow rock pool, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ
(brookesi form) - From the Far North, NZ. 30mm
Eggs, under a rock at low tide. Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> virgata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum lineolatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Cominella (Cominula) virgata H. & A. Adams, 1853 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Cominula) virgata brookesi Powell, 1952 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Josepha) virgata H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Cominella virgata brookesi Powell, 1952
=Cominella virgata virgata H. & A. Adams, 1853
Details: Cominella virgata H. & A. Adams, 1853
Size/Grows to:
Height 43mm, Width 20mm
Distribution:
North Island and upper South Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.193)
  • Douglas, W.N. Mar/1970 Cominella virgata, Poirieria, 5(3)

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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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