Cominella quoyana
Cominella quoyana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. [1]
- Subspecies
- Cominella quoyana accuminata (Hutton, 1893): synonym of Cominella accuminata Hutton, 1893
- Cominella quoyana griseicalx (Willian, 1978): synonym of Cominella griseicalx Willan, 1978
- Cominella quoyana necopinata (Finlay, 1930): synonym of Cominella necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
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| Tribe: | Cominellini |
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| Species: | C. quoyana |
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| Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1854 | |
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References
- Cominella necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
- Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington. xx + 116 pp.
- Kobelt, W. (1878). Catalog der Gattung Cominella Gray. Jahrbucher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 5: 231–235.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
- Adams A. (1855 ["1854"). Description of twenty-seven new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 311-317]
- 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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