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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides otakauica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides otakauica Powell, 1946 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Eucominia) otakauica Powell, 1946
Images: Cominella nassoides otakauica Powell, 1946
Dredged off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ. 60mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in 50-80 metres, off Oamaru, Otago, NZ. 30mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected in 37-110 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70949). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> nassoides otakauica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides otakauica Powell, 1946 accepted, alternate representation
=Cominella (Eucominia) otakauica Powell, 1946
Details: Cominella nassoides otakauica Powell, 1946
Size/Grows to:
Height 75mm, Width 37mm
Distribution:
Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, to Cook Strait
Type Data:
  • 40-110 metres, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.194)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1946 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from the South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.143) Original Description

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