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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> mirabilis powelli (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis powelli (Fleming, 1948) accepted, alternate representation
=Fax powelli Fleming, 1948
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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> mirabilis powelli (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis powelli (Fleming, 1948) accepted, alternate representation
=Fax powelli Fleming, 1948
Details: Cominella mirabilis powelli (Fleming, 1948)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
North-western North Island, Challenger Plateau, South Island, Auckland Islands and Chatham Rise, from 94-670m
Type Data:
  • 105 metres, Dagg Sound, Fiordland, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Description:
Large protoconch, strong sculpture

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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.195)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1948 New Species and Genera of Marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77(1) (p.89) 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