Cominella
Genus of gastropods
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Cominella is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cominellidae.[3][4][2]
| Cominella Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Recent, | |
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| Cominella quoyana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Cominellidae |
| Genus: | Cominella Gray, 1850[1] |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum testudineum Bruguière, 1789< | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
Distribution
Many extant species are endemic to coastal waters off of New Zealand[4][5][6] and Australia (including Norfolk Island).[3] There is a rich fossil record in New Zealand.[9] Species are common within the intertidal and subtidal zone.[7][10]
Evolution
Cominella is currently classified within the family Buccinidae, although it has also been classified within the alternative families Buccinulidae and Cominellidae.[3][4][5][6][8]
Ancestors of Cominella species in Australia likely migrated from New Zealand via long-distance egg rafting, despite taxa exhibiting direct development.[3] Cominella is closely related to the genus Pareuthria.[3]
Species
Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus Cominella include:[10]
- Cominella accuminata (Hutton, 1885)
- Cominella acutinodosa (Reeve, 1846)
- Cominella adspersa (Bruguière, 1789)
- Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956)
- † Cominella altispira (Marwick, 1948)
- † Cominella bauckei (Marwick, 1928)
- Cominella cantuariensis (Dell, 1951)
- † Cominella chattonensis (Finlay, 1926)
- † Cominella chorista (Dell, 1952)
- † Cominella cingulata (Hutton, 1885)
- † Cominella compacta (Marwick, 1926)
- † Cominella crassinodosa (Marwick, 1931)
- † Cominella denselirata (Finlay, 1926)
- † Cominella dingleyi (Marwick, 1948)
- Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)
- Cominella elegantula elegantula (Powell, 1946)
- Cominella elegantula marlboroughensis (Powell, 1946)
- † Cominella ellisoni (Marwick, 1928)
- † Cominella excoriata (Finlay, 1926)
- Cominella excoriata tolagaensis (Ponder, 1968)
- † Cominella exsculpta (Suter, 1917)
- † Cominella facinerosa (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
- Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
- † Cominella graemei (Wells, 1986)
- Cominella griseicalx Willan, 1978
- † Cominella hamiltoni (Hutton, 1885)
- † Cominella hendersoni (Marwick, 1926)
- † Cominella incisa (Hutton, 1885)
- † Cominella intermedia (Suter, 1917)
- † Cominella kereruensis (Laws, 1932)
- Cominella lineolata (Lamarck, 1809)
- Cominella maculosa (Martyn, 1784)[5][6][8]
- † Cominella marshalli (Laws, 1932)
- Cominella mirabilis mirabilis (Powell, 1929)
- † Cominella nana (Finlay, 1926)
- Cominella nassoides nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
- Cominella necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
- Cominella norfolkensis (Iredale, 1940)
- †Cominella obsoleta (Finlay, 1926)
- Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956)
- † Cominella onokeana (L. C. King, 1933)
- Cominella otagoensis (Finlay, 1927)
- Cominella powelli (Fleming, 1948)
- † Cominella praecox (Finlay, 1926)
- † Cominella propinqua (Finlay, 1926)
- † Cominella pukeuriensis (Finlay, 1926)
- † Cominella pulchra (Suter, 1917)
- † Cominella purchasi (Suter, 1917)
- † Cominella putangirua (King, 1933)
- Cominella quoyana (A. Adams, 1854)
- Cominella regalis (Willian, 1977)
- † Cominella ridicula (Finlay, 1926)
- † Cominella scirrifer (Laws, 1933)
- Cominella tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1878)
- Cominella testudinea (Bruguière, 1789)
- Cominella tolagaensis (Ponder, 1968)
- † Cominella tuturewa (Fleming, 1943)
- Cominella virgata (A. Adams, 1853)[5][11]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cominella accuminata (Hutton, 1893): synonym of Cominella quoyana accuminata (Hutton, 1893)
- Cominella acutispira (Sowerby, 1821): synonym of Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848)
- Cominella albolirata (Tenison Woods, 1879): synonym of Haustrum vinosum (Lamarck, 1822)
- Cominella alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
- Cominella angusta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Clathranachis angusta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886)
- Cominella bouveti (Thiele, 1912): synonym of Notoficula bouveti (Thiele, 1912)
- Cominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844): synonym of Afrocominella capensis (Dunker, 1844)
- Cominella cincta (Röding, 1798): synonym of Burnupena cincta (Röding, 1798)
- Cominella densesculpta (Martens, 1885): synonym of Chlanidota densesculpta (Martens, 1885)
- Cominella dunkeri (Kobelt, 1878): synonym of Burnupena cincta cincta (Röding, 1798)
- Cominella eburneum [sic]: synonym of Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)
- Cominella elongata (Dunker, 1857): synonym of Afrocominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
- Cominella euthriaformis (Powell, 1929): synonym of Cominella quoyana (A. Adams, 1855)
- Cominella filicea (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cominella eburnea var. filicea (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)
- Cominella fortilirata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913): synonym of Aulacofusus periscelidus (Dall, 1891)
- † Cominella fueguensis (Ihering, 1907): synonym of † Austrocominella fueguensis (Ihering, 1907)
- Cominella fuscopicta (Turton, 1932): synonym of Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860)
- Cominella glandiforme [sic]: synonym of Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
- Cominella haroldi (Powell, 1946): synonym of Cominella nassoides haroldi (Powell, 1946)
- Cominella koperbergi (K. Martin, 1933): synonym of Buccinaria jonkeri (Koperberg, 1931)
- Cominella maculata (Gray, 1835): synonym of Cominella adspersa (Bruguière, 1789)
- Cominella marlboroughensis (Powell, 1946): synonym of Cominella elegantula (Finlay, 1926)
- Cominella necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
- Cominella nodicincta (Martens, 1878): synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides nodicincta (Martens, 1878) represented as Cominella nassoides nodicincta (Martens, 1878)
- Cominella porcata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Cominella cincta (Röding, 1798): synonym of Burnupena cincta (Röding, 1798)
- Cominella prolongata (E. A. Smith, 1899): synonym of Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Cominella puncturata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860)
- Cominella retifera (K. Martin, 1933): synonym of Buccinaria jonkeri (Koperberg, 1931)
- Cominella semisulcata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892): synonym of Burnupena cincta cincta (Röding, 1798)
- Cominella subrostrata (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Nicema subrostrata (W. Wood, 1828)
- Cominella sulcata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892): synonym of Maorimorpha sulcata (Sowerby III, 1892)
- Cominella translucida (Turton, 1932): synonym of Burnupena pubescens (Küster, 1858)
- Cominella turtoni (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Afrocominella turtoni (Bartsch, 1915)
- Cominella unifasciata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Nucella castanea (Küster, 1886)
- Cominella vestita (Martens, 1878): synonym of Chlanidota vestita (Martens, 1878)
