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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) otagoensis (Finlay, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Zephos otagoensis Finlay, 1926
Images: Cominella otagoensis (Finlay, 1927)
Trawled 120 metres, NE of Taiaroa Head, Otago. 18mm. © rights reserved
Dredged SW of Stewart Island, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) otagoensis (Finlay, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Zephos otagoensis Finlay, 1926
Details: Cominella otagoensis (Finlay, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island, Stewart Island and Auckland Islands, from 20-555m
Type Data:
  • 90 metres, E.N.E. of 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.195)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.417) 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
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