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Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850

196902  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196902)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cominellidae (Family)
  9. Cominella (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Buccinum (Cominella) J. E. Gray, 1850 † · alternative representation
Cominella (Cominella) J. E. Gray, 1850 · alternative representation
Cominella (Cominista) H. J. Finlay, 1926 · alternative representation
Cominella (Cominula) H. J. Finlay, 1926 · alternative representation
Cominella (Eucominia) H. J. Finlay, 1926 · alternative representation
Cominella (Iosepha) Tenison Woods, 1879 · alternative representation
Cominella (Josepha) [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of Iosepha by Martens, 1881)

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  1. Species Cominella accuminata F. W. Hutton, 1893
  2. Species Cominella acutinodosa (Reeve, 1846)
  3. Species Cominella adspersa (Bruguière, 1789)
  4. Species Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956)
  5. Species Cominella altispira Marwick, 1948 †
  6. Species Cominella bauckei Marwick, 1928 †
  7. Species Cominella chattonensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  8. Species Cominella chorista Dell, 1952 †
  9. Species Cominella cingulata (F. W. Hutton, 1885) †
  10. Species Cominella clelandi Tate, 1888 †
  11. Species Cominella cominelloides (Tate, 1888) †
  12. Species Cominella compacta Marwick, 1926 †
  13. Species Cominella crassina Tate, 1888 †
  14. Species Cominella crassinodosa Marwick, 1931 †
  15. Species Cominella denselirata (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  16. Species Cominella dingleyi Marwick, 1948 †
  17. Species Cominella douvillei Newton, 1922 †
  18. Species Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)
  19. Species Cominella elegantula (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  20. Species Cominella ellisoni Marwick, 1928 †
  21. Species Cominella errata H. J. Finlay, 1924 †
  22. Species Cominella excoriata (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  23. Species Cominella exsculpta Suter, 1917 †
  24. Species Cominella facinerosa Bartrum & A. W. B. Powell, 1928 †
  25. Species Cominella flurli (Gümbel, 1861) †
  26. Species Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
  27. Species Cominella graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 †
  28. Species Cominella gregsoni (Tate, 1888) †
  29. Species Cominella griseicalx Willan, 1978
  30. Species Cominella hamiltoni (F. W. Hutton, 1885) †
  31. Species Cominella hendersoni Marwick, 1926 †
  32. Species Cominella incisa (F. W. Hutton, 1885) †
  33. Species Cominella intermedia Suter, 1917 †
  34. Species Cominella kereruensis Laws, 1932 †
  35. Species Cominella lineolata (Lamarck, 1816)
  36. Species Cominella lyraecostata Tenison Woods, 1877 †
  37. Species Cominella maculosa (Martyn, 1784)
  38. Species Cominella marshalli (Laws, 1932) †
  39. Species Cominella mirabilis A. W. B. Powell, 1929
  40. Species Cominella nana (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  41. Species Cominella nanggulanensis K. Martin, 1931 †
  42. Species Cominella nassaeformis K. Martin, 1931 †
  43. Species Cominella nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
  44. Species Cominella necopinata (H. J. Finlay, 1930)
  45. Species Cominella norfolkensis (Iredale, 1940)
  46. Species Cominella obsoleta (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  47. Species Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956)
  48. Species Cominella onokeana (L. C. King, 1933) †
  49. Species Cominella otagoensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926)
  50. Species Cominella ottoi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †
  51. Species Cominella praecox (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  52. Species Cominella propinqua (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  53. Species Cominella pukeuriensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  54. Species Cominella pulchra Suter, 1917 †
  55. Species Cominella purchasi Suter, 1917 †
  56. Species Cominella putangirua (L. C. King, 1933) †
  57. Species Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1855
  58. Species Cominella regalis Willan, 1978
  59. Species Cominella ridicula (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
  60. Species Cominella scirrifer Laws, 1933 †
  61. Species Cominella subfilicea Tate, 1888 †
  62. Species Cominella tasmanica Tenison Woods, 1876
  63. Species Cominella tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1879) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  64. Species Cominella tolagaensis Ponder, 1968
  65. Species Cominella tuberculata (Tate, 1888) †
  66. Species Cominella tuturewa (C. A. Fleming, 1943) †
  67. Species Cominella virgata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  68. Subgenus Cominella (Josepha) [sic] accepted as Cominella (Iosepha) Tenison Woods, 1879 represented as Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850 (misspelling of Iosepha by Martens, 1881)
    1. Species Cominella (Josepha) acuminata [sic] accepted as Cominella (Cominula) accuminata F. W. Hutton, 1893 represented as Cominella accuminata F. W. Hutton, 1893 (misspelling)
    2. Species Cominella (Josepha) altispira Marwick, 1948 † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) altispira Marwick, 1948 † represented as Cominella altispira Marwick, 1948 † (superseded combination)
    3. Species Cominella (Josepha) chattonensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) chattonensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella chattonensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † (superseded combination)
    4. Species Cominella (Josepha) chorista Dell, 1952 † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) chorista Dell, 1952 † represented as Cominella chorista Dell, 1952 † (superseded combination)
    5. Species Cominella (Josepha) compacta Marwick, 1926 † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) compacta Marwick, 1926 † represented as Cominella compacta Marwick, 1926 † (superseded combination)
    6. Species Cominella (Josepha) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) accepted as Cominella (Cominista) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) represented as Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) (superseded combination)
    7. Species Cominella (Josepha) graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † represented as Cominella graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † (superseded combination)
    8. Species Cominella (Josepha) obsoleta (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) obsoleta (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella obsoleta (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † (superseded combination)
    9. Species Cominella (Josepha) putangirua (L. C. King, 1933) † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) putangirua (L. C. King, 1933) † represented as Cominella putangirua (L. C. King, 1933) † (superseded combination)
    10. Species Cominella (Josepha) quoyana A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Cominella (Cominula) quoyana A. Adams, 1855 represented as Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1855 (superseded combination)
    11. Species Cominella (Josepha) virgata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Cominella (Cominula) virgata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 represented as Cominella virgata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (superseded combination)
  69. Species Cominella canturiensis (Dell, 1951) accepted as Cominella mirabilis canturiensis (Dell, 1951) (ranked as subspecies of C. mirabilis Powell, 1929)
  70. Species Cominella pertusa Tate, 1888 † accepted as Reticunassa pertusa (Tate, 1888) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  71. Species Cominella powelli (C. A. Fleming, 1948) accepted as Cominella mirabilis powelli (C. A. Fleming, 1948) (ranked as subspecies of C. mirabilis Powell, 1929)
  72. Species Cominella pumila Tate, 1888 † accepted as Cyllene pumila (Tate, 1888) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  73. Subgenus Cominella (Austrocominella) Ihering, 1907 † represented as Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850
  74. Subgenus Cominella (Cominella) J. E. Gray, 1850 represented as Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850
    1. Species Cominella (Cominella) adspersa (Bruguière, 1789) represented as Cominella adspersa (Bruguière, 1789)
    2. Species Cominella (Cominella) crassinodosa Marwick, 1931 † represented as Cominella crassinodosa Marwick, 1931 †
    3. Species Cominella (Cominella) dingleyi Marwick, 1948 † represented as Cominella dingleyi Marwick, 1948 †
    4. Species Cominella (Cominella) errata H. J. Finlay, 1924 † represented as Cominella errata H. J. Finlay, 1924 †
    5. Species Cominella (Cominella) excoriata (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella excoriata (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    6. Species Cominella (Cominella) facinerosa Bartrum & A. W. B. Powell, 1928 † represented as Cominella facinerosa Bartrum & A. W. B. Powell, 1928 †
    7. Species Cominella (Cominella) hendersoni Marwick, 1926 † represented as Cominella hendersoni Marwick, 1926 †
    8. Species Cominella (Cominella) kereruensis Laws, 1932 † represented as Cominella kereruensis Laws, 1932 †
    9. Species Cominella (Cominella) maculosa (Martyn, 1784) represented as Cominella maculosa (Martyn, 1784)
    10. Species Cominella (Cominella) ridicula (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella ridicula (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    11. Species Cominella (Cominella) scirrifer Laws, 1933 † represented as Cominella scirrifer Laws, 1933 †
  75. Subgenus Cominella (Cominista) H. J. Finlay, 1926 represented as Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850
    1. Species Cominella (Cominista) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) represented as Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
  76. Subgenus Cominella (Cominula) H. J. Finlay, 1926 represented as Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850
    1. Species Cominella (Cominula) acuminata [sic] accepted as Cominella accuminata F. W. Hutton, 1893 (misspelling)
    2. Species Cominella (Cominula) accuminata F. W. Hutton, 1893 represented as Cominella accuminata F. W. Hutton, 1893
    3. Species Cominella (Cominula) altispira Marwick, 1948 † represented as Cominella altispira Marwick, 1948 †
    4. Species Cominella (Cominula) chattonensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella chattonensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    5. Species Cominella (Cominula) chorista Dell, 1952 † represented as Cominella chorista Dell, 1952 †
    6. Species Cominella (Cominula) compacta Marwick, 1926 † represented as Cominella compacta Marwick, 1926 †
    7. Species Cominella (Cominula) graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † represented as Cominella graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 †
    8. Species Cominella (Cominula) griseicalx Willan, 1978 represented as Cominella griseicalx Willan, 1978
    9. Species Cominella (Cominula) necopinata (H. J. Finlay, 1930) represented as Cominella necopinata (H. J. Finlay, 1930)
    10. Species Cominella (Cominula) obsoleta (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella obsoleta (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    11. Species Cominella (Cominula) okinavensis MacNeil, 1961 † represented as Cominella okinavensis MacNeil, 1961 †
    12. Species Cominella (Cominula) putangirua (L. C. King, 1933) † represented as Cominella putangirua (L. C. King, 1933) †
    13. Species Cominella (Cominula) quoyana A. Adams, 1855 represented as Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1855
    14. Species Cominella (Cominula) regalis Wilan, 1978 represented as Cominella regalis Willan, 1978
    15. Species Cominella (Cominula) tolagaensis Ponder, 1968 represented as Cominella tolagaensis Ponder, 1968
    16. Species Cominella (Cominula) virgata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 represented as Cominella virgata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  77. Subgenus Cominella (Eucominia) H. J. Finlay, 1926 represented as Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850
    1. Species Cominella (Eucominia) alertae (Dell, 1956) represented as Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956)
    2. Species Cominella (Eucominia) bauckei Marwick, 1928 † represented as Cominella bauckei Marwick, 1928 †
    3. Species Cominella (Eucominia) canturiensis (Dell, 1951) represented as Cominella canturiensis (Dell, 1951) accepted as Cominella mirabilis canturiensis (Dell, 1951)
    4. Species Cominella (Eucominia) cingulata (F. W. Hutton, 1885) † represented as Cominella cingulata (F. W. Hutton, 1885) † (superseded combination)
    5. Species Cominella (Eucominia) elegantula (H. J. Finlay, 1926) represented as Cominella elegantula (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    6. Species Cominella (Eucominia) ellisoni Marwick, 1928 † represented as Cominella ellisoni Marwick, 1928 †
    7. Species Cominella (Eucominia) hamiltoni (F. W. Hutton, 1885) † represented as Cominella hamiltoni (F. W. Hutton, 1885) †
    8. Species Cominella (Eucominia) incisa (F. W. Hutton, 1885) † represented as Cominella incisa (F. W. Hutton, 1885) †
    9. Species Cominella (Eucominia) intermedia Suter, 1917 † represented as Cominella intermedia Suter, 1917 †
    10. Species Cominella (Eucominia) marshalli (Laws, 1932) † represented as Cominella marshalli (Laws, 1932) †
    11. Species Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis A. W. B. Powell, 1929 represented as Cominella mirabilis A. W. B. Powell, 1929
    12. Species Cominella (Eucominia) nana (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella nana (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    13. Species Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides (Reeve, 1846) represented as Cominella nassoides (Reeve, 1846)
    14. Species Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni Dell, 1956 represented as Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956)
    15. Species Cominella (Eucominia) onokeana (L. C. King, 1933) † represented as Cominella onokeana (L. C. King, 1933) †
    16. Species Cominella (Eucominia) otagoensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) represented as Cominella otagoensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926)
    17. Species Cominella (Eucominia) powelli (C. A. Fleming, 1948) represented as Cominella powelli (C. A. Fleming, 1948) accepted as Cominella mirabilis powelli (C. A. Fleming, 1948)
    18. Species Cominella (Eucominia) purchasi Suter, 1917 † represented as Cominella purchasi Suter, 1917 †
    19. Species Cominella (Eucominia) tuturewa (C. A. Fleming, 1943) † represented as Cominella tuturewa (C. A. Fleming, 1943) †
  78. Subgenus Cominella (Iosepha) Tenison Woods, 1879 represented as Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850
    1. Species Cominella (Iosepha) eburnea (Reeve, 1846) represented as Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)
    2. Species Cominella (Iosepha) tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1879) represented as Cominella tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1879) (unreplaced junior secondary homonym)
  79. Subgenus Cominella (Procominula) H. J. Finlay, 1926 † represented as Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850
    1. Species Cominella (Procominula) denselirata (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella denselirata (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    2. Species Cominella (Procominula) exsculpta Suter, 1917 † represented as Cominella exsculpta Suter, 1917 †
    3. Species Cominella (Procominula) praecox (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella praecox (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    4. Species Cominella (Procominula) propinqua (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella propinqua (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    5. Species Cominella (Procominula) pukeuriensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella pukeuriensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
    6. Species Cominella (Procominula) pulchra Suter, 1917 † represented as Cominella pulchra Suter, 1917 †
  80. Species Cominella brunneocincta Dall, 1896 (uncertain > unassessed)
  81. Species Cominella flexuosa Edwards, 1866 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  82. Species Cominella gradata Wolff, 1897 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  83. Species Cominella maura A. Adams, 1855 (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
  84. Species Cominella okinavensis MacNeil, 1961 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  85. Species Cominella praecedens Peyrot, 1927 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196902 on 2025-09-17
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cominella J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196902 on 2025-09-17
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2006-02-22 10:05:39Z
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Appeltans, Ward
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Houart, Roland
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Tran, Bastien
2011-04-18 05:06:17Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
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Marshall, Bruce
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original description Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cominella (Austrocominella) Ihering, 1907 †) Ihering, H. von. (1907). Les mollusques fossiles du Tertiaire et du Crétacé supérieur de l'Argentine. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires.</em> ser. 3, 7: xiii, 1–611, 18 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50857
page(s): 344 [details] 

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Walton, K., Marshall, B. A., Phillips, N. E., Verry, A. J. F., & Ritchey, P. A. (2019). Phylogeography of the New Zealand whelks Cominella maculosa and C. virgata (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae). <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 178-202.</em> [details] 
 
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