Cominella otagoensis
Cominella otagoensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
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| Species: | C. otagoensis |
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| Cominella otagoensis (Finlay, 1927) | |
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
- Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
- Donald K.M, Winter D.J., Ashcroft A.L. & Spencer H.G. (2015). Phylogeography of the whelk genus Cominella (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) suggests long-distance counter-current dispersal of a direct developer. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 115: 315-332
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