Cominella is a genus of medium-sized
buccinoid marine snails.[5][6] All species are carnivores.[7][8]
Distribution
Many extant species are endemic to coastal waters off of
New Zealand[4][5][6] and
Australia (including
Norfolk Island).[3] There is a rich fossil record in New Zealand.[9] Species are common within the intertidal and subtidal zone.[7][10]
Ancestors of Cominella species in Australia likely migrated from New Zealand via long-distance egg rafting, despite taxa exhibiting
direct development.[3]Cominella is closely related to the genus Pareuthria.[3]
Species
Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus Cominella include:[10]
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abcVaux, 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.
PMID28669812.
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abcdeFleming, Angela M.; Dohner, Melanie; Phillips, Nicole E.; Ritchie, Peter A. (2018). "Genetic connectivity among populations of two congeneric direct-developing whelks varies across spatial scales". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 52 (1): 100–117.
doi:
10.1080/00288330.2017.1340899.
S2CID90774557.
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abcdDohner, Melanie; Phillips, Nicole E.; Ritchie, Peter A. (2018). "Fine-scale genetic structure across a New Zealand disjunction for the direct-developing intertidal whelk Cominella maculosa (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123 (2): 593–602.
doi:
10.1093/biolinnean/blx167.
^
abWillan, 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
ISBN978-1877257-60-5
^Walton, Kerry; Marshall, Bruce A.; Phillips, Nicole E.; Verry, Alexander J.F.; Ritchie, Peter A. (2019). "Phylogeography of the New Zealand whelks Cominella maculosa and C. virgata (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 126 (1): 178–202.
doi:
10.1093/biolinnean/bly174.
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA).
ISBN0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 178-202
Cominella is a genus of medium-sized
buccinoid marine snails.[5][6] All species are carnivores.[7][8]
Distribution
Many extant species are endemic to coastal waters off of
New Zealand[4][5][6] and
Australia (including
Norfolk Island).[3] There is a rich fossil record in New Zealand.[9] Species are common within the intertidal and subtidal zone.[7][10]
Ancestors of Cominella species in Australia likely migrated from New Zealand via long-distance egg rafting, despite taxa exhibiting
direct development.[3]Cominella is closely related to the genus Pareuthria.[3]
Species
Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus Cominella include:[10]
^
abcVaux, 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.
PMID28669812.
^
abcdeFleming, Angela M.; Dohner, Melanie; Phillips, Nicole E.; Ritchie, Peter A. (2018). "Genetic connectivity among populations of two congeneric direct-developing whelks varies across spatial scales". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 52 (1): 100–117.
doi:
10.1080/00288330.2017.1340899.
S2CID90774557.
^
abcdDohner, Melanie; Phillips, Nicole E.; Ritchie, Peter A. (2018). "Fine-scale genetic structure across a New Zealand disjunction for the direct-developing intertidal whelk Cominella maculosa (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123 (2): 593–602.
doi:
10.1093/biolinnean/blx167.
^
abWillan, 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
ISBN978-1877257-60-5
^Walton, Kerry; Marshall, Bruce A.; Phillips, Nicole E.; Verry, Alexander J.F.; Ritchie, Peter A. (2019). "Phylogeography of the New Zealand whelks Cominella maculosa and C. virgata (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 126 (1): 178–202.
doi:
10.1093/biolinnean/bly174.
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA).
ISBN0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 178-202