Cominella
Cominella is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
Cominella is a genus of medium-sized buccinoid marine snails. All species are carnivores.Distribution
Many extant species are endemic to coastal waters off of New Zealand and Australia. There is a rich fossil record in New Zealand. Species are common within the intertidal and subtidal zone.Evolution
Cominella is currently classified within the family Buccinidae, although it has also been classified within the alternative families Buccinulidae and Cominellidae.Ancestors of Cominella species in Australia likely migrated from New Zealand via long-distance egg rafting, despite taxa exhibiting direct development. Cominella is closely related to the genus Pareuthria.
Species
Species and subspecies in the genus Cominella include:- Cominella acuminata
- Cominella acutinodosa
- Cominella adspersa
- Cominella alertae
- † Cominella altispira
- † Cominella bauckei
- Cominella cantuariensis
- † Cominella chattonensis
- † Cominella chorista
- † Cominella cingulata
- † Cominella compacta
- † Cominella crassinodosa
- † Cominella denselirata
- † Cominella dingleyi
- Cominella eburnea
- Cominella elegantula elegantula
- * Cominella elegantula marlboroughensis
- † Cominella ellisoni
- † Cominella excoriata
- * Cominella excoriata tolagaensis
- † Cominella exsculpta
- † Cominella facinerosa
- Cominella glandiformis
- † Cominella graemei
- † Cominella hamiltoni
- † Cominella hendersoni
- † Cominella incisa
- † Cominella intermedia
- † Cominella kereruensis
- Cominella lineolata
- Cominella maculosa
- † Cominella marshalli
- Cominella mirabilis mirabilis
- * Cominella mirabilis canturiensis
- * Cominella mirabilis powelli
- † Cominella nana
- Cominella nassoides nassoides
- * Cominella nassoides consobrina
- * Cominella nassoides haroldi
- * Cominella nassoides irdalei
- * Cominella nassoides nodicincta
- * Cominella nassoides otakauica
- Cominella norfolkensis
- †Cominella obsoleta
- Cominella olsoni
- † Cominella onokeana
- Cominella otagoensis
- Cominella powelli
- † Cominella praecox
- † Cominella propinqua
- † Cominella pukeuriensis
- † Cominella pulchra
- † Cominella purchasi
- † Cominella putangirua
- Cominella quoyana quoyana
- * Cominella quoyana accuminata
- * Cominella quoyana griseicalx
- * Cominella quoyana necopinata
- Cominella regalis
- † Cominella ridicula
- † Cominella scirrifer
- Cominella tasmanica
- Cominella testudinea
- Cominella tolagaensis
- † Cominella tuturewa
- Cominella virgata
- Cominella accuminata : synonym of Cominella quoyana accuminata
- Cominella acutispira : synonym of Nucella dubia
- Cominella albolirata : synonym of Haustrum vinosum
- Cominella alfredensis : synonym of Afrocominella capensis simoniana
- Cominella angusta : synonym of Clathranachis angusta
- Cominella bouveti : synonym of Notoficula bouveti
- Cominella capensis : synonym of Afrocominella capensis
- Cominella cincta : synonym of Burnupena cincta
- Cominella densesculpta : synonym of Chlanidota densesculpta
- Cominella dunkeri : synonym of Burnupena cincta cincta
- Cominella eburneum : synonym of Cominella eburnea
- Cominella elongata : synonym of Afrocominella capensis
- Cominella euthriaformis : synonym of Cominella quoyana
- Cominella filicea : synonym of Cominella eburnea var. filicea : synonym of Cominella eburnea
- Cominella fortilirata : synonym of Aulacofusus periscelidus
- † Cominella fueguensis : synonym of † Austrocominella fueguensis
- Cominella fuscopicta : synonym of Vaughtia fenestrata
- Cominella glandiforme : synonym of Cominella glandiformis
- Cominella haroldi : synonym of Cominella nassoides haroldi
- Cominella koperbergi : synonym of Buccinaria jonkeri
- Cominella maculata : synonym of Cominella adspersa
- Cominella marlboroughensis : synonym of Cominella elegantula
- Cominella necopinata
- Cominella nodicincta : synonym of Cominella nassoides nodicincta represented as Cominella nassoides nodicincta
- Cominella porcata : synonym of Cominella cincta : synonym of Burnupena cincta
- Cominella prolongata : synonym of Fusinus ocelliferus
- Cominella puncturata : synonym of Vaughtia fenestrata
- Cominella retifera : synonym of Buccinaria jonkeri
- Cominella semisulcata : synonym of Burnupena cincta cincta
- Cominella subrostrata : synonym of Nicema subrostrata
- Cominella sulcata : synonym of Maorimorpha sulcata
- Cominella translucida : synonym of Burnupena pubescens
- Cominella turtoni : synonym of Afrocominella turtoni
- Cominella unifasciata : synonym of Nucella castanea
- Cominella vestita : synonym of Chlanidota vestita