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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> mirabilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis Powell, 1929 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Cominella mirabilis Powell, 1929
Holotype, dredged in 179 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA72051). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> mirabilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis Powell, 1929 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Cominella mirabilis Powell, 1929
Size/Grows to:
Height 18mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands
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.195)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 The Recent and Tertiary species of the Genus Buccinulum in New Zealand, with a review of related Genera and Families, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 60 (p.93) Original Description

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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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