Species List for Family: Cominellidae
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- Cominella accuminata Hutton, 1893
Height 20mm, Width 9mm
Marine, Endemic, More slender than C. quoyana, whorls evenly convex, not shouldered; interior of the aperture is strongly lirae
Northland west coast
AE.
- Cominella adspersa (Bruguière, 1789)
Height 74mm, Width 45mm
Whelk, Marine, Endemic
North Island, northern part of South Island and Chatham Islands
ACME.
- Cominella elegantula (Finlay, 1926)
Height 28mm, Width 13mm
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Endemic, Pronounced shoulder sulcus and thin axial ribbing
Cook Strait to Cape Campbell
CR.Fo.E.
- Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
Height 43mm, Width 23mm
Mud Whelk, Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFME.
- Cominella griseicalx Willan, 1978
Height 23mm, Width 12mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands, Northern
AE.
- Cominella maculosa (Martyn, 1784)
Height 58mm, Width 28mm
Spotted Whelk, Marine, Endemic
North Island, northern part of South Island and Chatham Islands
ACME.
- Cominella mirabilis canturiensis (Dell, 1951)
Height 30mm, Width 14mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island. Chatham Rise and off Banks Peninsula
CME.
- Cominella mirabilis powelli (Fleming, 1948)
Height 15mm, Width 8mm
Marine, Endemic, Large protoconch
Off South Island, West Coast, Fiordland, Otago and Chatham Rise
CFME. - Cominella nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
Height 50mm, Width 25mm
Marine, Endemic
Stewart Island and Foveaux Strait
FE.
- Cominella nassoides consobrina Powell, 1933
Height 60mm, Width 28mm
Marine, Endemic
Chatham Islands, probably sub-recent
ME.
- Cominella nassoides haroldi Powell, 1946
Height 35mm, Width 18mm
Marine, Endemic
Fiordland, about 20-70 metres
FE.
- Cominella nassoides nodicincta (Martens, 1878)
Height 56mm, Width 28mm
Marine, Endemic
Auckland and Campbell Islands, 70-80 metres
AnE.
- Cominella nassoides otakauica Powell, 1946
Height 75mm, Width 37mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, to Cook Strait
FE.
- Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956)
Height 63mm, Width 30mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island. Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise to Banks Peninsula. Off Puysegur Point, Fiordland
CE.
- Cominella otagoensis (Finlay, 1927)
Height 20mm, Width 10mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, to Foveaux Strait and Stewart Island
FE.
- Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1854
Height 26mm, Width 11mm
Marine, Endemic
Northern part of North Island to Mahia
ACE.
- Cominella regalis Willan, 1978
Height 21mm, Width 12mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands in 20-50 metres
AE.
- Cominella tolagaensis Ponder, 1968
Height 31mm, Width 20mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island east coast. East Cape to Mahia, below low tide
CE.
- Cominella virgata H. & A. Adams, 1853
Height 43mm, Width 20mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island and upper South Island
ACE.
- Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)
Height 33mm, Width 18mm
Marine, Endemic
Campbell and Antipodes Islands, in low tidal pools
AnE.
Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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