Cominella

Cominella
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Recent, 27.3–0.0 Ma
Cominella quoyana quoyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Tribe: Cominellini
Genus: Cominella
Gray, 1850[1]
Type species
Buccinum testudineum Bruguière, 1789
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Acominia Finlay, 1926
  • † Cominella (Austrocominella) Ihering, 1907 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Cominella (Cominella) Gray, 1850 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Cominella (Eucominia) Finlay, 1926 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Cominella (Josepha) Tenison Woods, 1878 (accepted, alternate representation)
  • Cominella (Procominula) Finlay, 1926 (accepted, alternate representation)
  • Eucominia Finlay, 1926
  • Zephos Finlay, 1926

Cominella is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2][3][4]

Description

A live Cominella adspersa at Castlepoint, New Zealand.

Cominella is a genus of medium-sized buccinoid marine snails. All species are carnivores.[5]

Distribution

Many extant species are endemic to coastal waters off of New Zealand[6][3] and Australia (including Norfolk Island).[2] There is a rich fossil record in New Zealand.[7] Species are common within the intertidal and subtidal zone.[5]

Evolution

Cominella is currently classified within the family Buccinidae, although it has also been classified within the alternative families Buccinulidae and Cominellidae.[2][3]

Ancestors of Cominella species in Australia likely migrated from New Zealand via long-distance egg rafting, despite taxa exhibiting direct development.[2] Cominella is closely related to the genus Pareuthria.[2]

Species

Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus Cominella include:[6]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cominella accuminata (Hutton, 1893): synonym of Cominella quoyana accuminata (Hutton, 1893)
  • Cominella acutispira (Sowerby, 1821): synonym of Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848)
  • Cominella albolirata (Tenison Woods, 1879): synonym of Haustrum vinosum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Cominella alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
  • Cominella angusta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Clathranachis angusta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886)
  • Cominella bouveti (Thiele, 1912): synonym of Notoficula bouveti (Thiele, 1912)
  • Cominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844): synonym of Afrocominella capensis (Dunker, 1844)
  • Cominella cincta (Röding, 1798): synonym of Burnupena cincta (Röding, 1798)
  • Cominella densesculpta (Martens, 1885): synonym of Chlanidota densesculpta (Martens, 1885)
  • Cominella dunkeri (Kobelt, 1878): synonym of Burnupena cincta cincta (Röding, 1798)
  • Cominella eburneum [sic]: synonym of Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)
  • Cominella elongata (Dunker, 1857): synonym of Afrocominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
  • Cominella euthriaformis (Powell, 1929): synonym of Cominella quoyana (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Cominella filicea (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cominella eburnea var. filicea (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)
  • Cominella fortilirata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913): synonym of Aulacofusus periscelidus (Dall, 1891)
  • † Cominella fueguensis (Ihering, 1907): synonym of † Austrocominella fueguensis (Ihering, 1907)
  • Cominella fuscopicta (Turton, 1932): synonym of Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860)
  • Cominella glandiforme [sic]: synonym of Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
  • Cominella haroldi (Powell, 1946): synonym of Cominella nassoides haroldi (Powell, 1946)
  • Cominella koperbergi (K. Martin, 1933): synonym of Buccinaria jonkeri (Koperberg, 1931)
  • Cominella maculata (Gray, 1835): synonym of Cominella adspersa (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Cominella marlboroughensis (Powell, 1946): synonym of Cominella elegantula (Finlay, 1926)
  • Cominella nodicincta (Martens, 1878): synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides nodicincta (Martens, 1878) represented as Cominella nassoides nodicincta (Martens, 1878)
  • Cominella porcata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Cominella cincta (Röding, 1798): synonym of Burnupena cincta (Röding, 1798)
  • Cominella prolongata (E. A. Smith, 1899): synonym of Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Cominella puncturata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860)
  • Cominella retifera (K. Martin, 1933): synonym of Buccinaria jonkeri (Koperberg, 1931)
  • Cominella semisulcata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892): synonym of Burnupena cincta cincta (Röding, 1798)
  • Cominella subrostrata (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Nicema subrostrata (W. Wood, 1828)
  • Cominella sulcata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892): synonym of Maorimorpha sulcata (Sowerby III, 1892)
  • Cominella translucida (Turton, 1932): synonym of Burnupena pubescens (Küster, 1858)
  • Cominella turtoni (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Afrocominella turtoni (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Cominella unifasciata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Nucella castanea (Küster, 1886)
  • Cominella vestita (Martens, 1878): synonym of Chlanidota vestita (Martens, 1878)

References

  1. ↑ Gray (1850). Figs. Moll. Anim. 4: 72.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Donald, Kirsten M.; Winter, David J.; Ashcroft, Anna L.; Spencer, Hamish 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. 115: 315–332. doi:10.1111/bij.12529.
  3. 1 2 3 Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018.
  4. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Cominella Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196902 on 2011-04-19
  5. 1 2 Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 401 – 405. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
  6. 1 2 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  7. ↑ Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.

Further reading

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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