Cominella

Belongs within: Buccinoidea.

Cominella is an Australasian genus of whelks whose shell has a high and acuminate spire, a broad notch for the anterior canal, spiral ribs or lirae on the aperture, and a smooth columella (Wilson & Gillett 1971).

<==Cominella Gray 1850 [Cominellini]WG71
    |--C. (Josepha Tenison Woods 1878) [incl. Cominista Finlay 1927, Cominula Finlay 1926]W94
    |    |--C. (*J.) tasmanica (Tenison Woods 1878) [=*Josepha tasmanica]W94
    |    |--C. (‘Cominula’) euthriaformis Powell 1929P61
    |    |--C. (‘Cominula’) exsculpta [=Procominula exsculpta]A27
    |    |--C. (‘*Cominista’) glandiformis (Reeve 1847)P61, KF22, P61 [=Buccinum glandiformeP61; incl. B. luridumF27a]
    |    |--C. (‘*Cominula’) quoyana Adams 1854P61
    |    `--C. (‘Cominula’) youngi Powell 1940P61
    `--+--C. (Cominella)P61
       |    |--C. (C.) maculosa (Martyn 1784) (see below for synonymy)KF22
       |    |--C. (C.) acutinodosa (Reeve 1846)W94
       |    |--C. (C.) eburnea (Reeve 1846)W94
       |    |--C. (C.) lineolata (Lamarck 1809)W94 [incl. C. maura Adams 1855H08]
       |    |--C. (C.) norfolkensis (Iredale 1940)W94
       |    `--C. (C.) virgata Adams & Adams 1853P61, KF22, P61
       |         |--C. v. virgataP61
       |         `--C. v. brookesi Powell 1952P61
       `--C. (Acominia Finlay 1927)P61
            |--C. (*A.) adspersa (Bruguière 1789)P61, KF22, P61 [=Buccinum adspersumP61]
            |    |--C. a. adspersa [incl. C. nimia]P61
            |    `--C. a. melo (Lesson 1840)P61
            `--C. (A.) hendersoni Marwick 1926F27a

Cominella incertae sedis:
  C. carinataH86
  C. compacta Marwick 1926F27a
  C. costataF27a
  C. errata Finlay 1924 [=Buccinum carinatum Hutton 1873 (preoc.)]F27b
  C. inflataH86
  C. maculataH86
  C. papyraceaC79
  C. robinsoniH86
  C. subnodosaH79
  C. zealandica (Reeve 1846)F27a
  C. (Eucominia Finlay 1926)B70
    |--C. (*E.) nassoides (Reeve 1846) [=Buccinum nassoides]P61
    |    |--C. n. nassoidesP61
    |    `--C. n. fouveauxana Powell 1946P61
    |--C. (E.) elegantula Finlay 1926P61
    |--C. (E.) ellisoniP61
    |    |--C. e. ellisoniP61
    |    `--C. e. consobrina Powell 1933P61
    |--C. (E.) haroldi Powell 1946P61
    |--C. (E.) iredalei Finlay 1928P61
    |--C. (E.) marlboroughensis Powell 1946P61
    |--C. (E.) mirabilis Powell 1929 [=Fax mirabilis]B70
    |    |--C. m. mirabilisPG98
    |    |--‘Fax’ m. canturiensis Dell 1951P61
    |    |--‘Fax’ m. nuptialis Dell 1953P61
    |    `--C. m. powelli (Fleming 1948)PG98, P61 [=Fax mirabilis powelliP61]
    |--C. (E.) nodicincta (von Martens 1878)P61
    |--C. (E.) olsoni Dell 1956P61
    `--C. (E.) otakauica Powell 1946P61
  C. (Paracominia Powell & Bartrum 1929)PB29
    |--C. (*P.) lignaria Powell & Bartrum 1929PB29
    `--C. (P.) finlayi Powell & Bartrum 1929PB29

Cominella (Cominella) maculosa (Martyn 1784) [=Buccinum maculosum; incl. B. testudineum Bruguière 1789, *Cominella testudinea]^KF22

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A27] Allan, R. S. 1927. The geology and palaeontology of the Lower Waihao Basin, south Canterbury, New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 265–309.

[B70] Beu, A. G. 1970. Bathyal Upper Miocene Mollusca from Wairarapa district, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Earth Sciences 7 (12): 209–240.

[C79] Cook, P. L. 1979. Some problems in interpretation of heteromorphy and colony integration in Bryozoa. In: Larwood, G., & B. R. Rosen (eds) Biology and Systematics of Colonial Organisms pp. 193–210. Academic Press: London.

[F27a] Finlay, H. J. 1927a. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320–485.

[F27b] Finlay, H. J. 1927b. New specific names for austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488–533.

[H79] Haast, J. von. 1879. Geology of the Provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand. A report comprising the results of official explorations. “Times” Office: Christchurch.

[H08] Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part X. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456–489, pls 7–10.

[H86] Hutton, F. W. 1886. The Mollusca of the Pareora and Oamaru systems of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 205–237.

[KF22] Kantor, Y. I., A. E. Fedosov, A. R. Kosyan, N. Puillandre, P. A. Sorokin, Y. Kano, R. Clark & P. Bouchet. 2022. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (3): 789–857.

[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4^th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.

[PB29] Powell, A. W. B., & J. A. Bartrum. 1929. The Tertiary (Waitematan) molluscan fauna of Oneroa, Waiheke Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 60: 395–447.

[PG98] Probert, P. K., & S. L. Grove. 1998. Macrobenthic assemblages of the continental shelf and upper slope off the west coast of South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28: 259–280.

[W94] Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells vol. 2. Prosobranch Gastropods. Part Two (Neogastropods). Odyssey Publishing: Kallaroo (Western Australia).

[WG71] Wilson, B. R., & K. Gillett. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. A. H. & A. W. Reed: Sydney.