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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> mirabilis powelli (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis powelli (C.A. Fleming, 1948) accepted, alternate representation
=Fax powelli C.A. Fleming, 1948
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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> mirabilis powelli (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis powelli (C.A. Fleming, 1948) accepted, alternate representation
=Fax powelli C.A. Fleming, 1948
Details: Cominella mirabilis powelli (Fleming, 1948)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
Off South Island, West Coast, Fiordland, Otago and Chatham Rise
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Large protoconch
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.195)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1948 New Species and Genera of Marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77(1) (p.89) 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