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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> mirabilis canturiensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis canturiensis (Dell, 1951) accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella mirabilis nuptialis (Dell, 1953)
=Fax mirabilis canturiensis Dell, 1951
=Fax mirabilis nuptialis Dell, 1953
Images: Cominella mirabilis canturiensis (Dell, 1951)
Off Otago Peninsula, dredged 500 metres. 22mm
Type of Fax mirabilis nuptialis Dell, 1953, collected 4/11/1950, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.005670). ~13mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> mirabilis canturiensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis canturiensis (Dell, 1951) accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella mirabilis nuptialis (Dell, 1953)
=Fax mirabilis canturiensis Dell, 1951
=Fax mirabilis nuptialis Dell, 1953
Details: Cominella mirabilis canturiensis (Dell, 1951)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
South Island. Chatham Rise and off Banks Peninsula
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S. Sep/1989 Cominella mirabilis canturiensis (Dell, 1951), Poirieria, 16(1) (p.9)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.195)
  • Dell, R.K. 1951 A Deep Water Molluscan Fauna from off Banks Peninsula, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 6(1) (p.56) 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