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Cominella

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Description

Cominella is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cominella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2304778	https://www.gbif.org/species/2304778
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10954	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10954

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Cominella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Cominella	Gray 1850

Scientific Name

Cominella Gray, 1850

Name Published In

Figs. moll. Anim., 4: 72

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cominella	genus	belongs to Buccinidae	stated with evidence	MacNeil, 1960
Cominella	genus	belongs to Buccinidae	stated without evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Cominella	genus	belongs to Buccininae	implied	Wilson, 1994
Cominella	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (38%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Buccinidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Buccinidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cominella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cominella (Cominella) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		11	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cominella (Cominula) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		4	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Cominella (Eucominia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	19.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cominella (Josepha) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cominella (Procominula) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	19.0 Ma Miocene	19.0 Ma Miocene
Cominella accuminata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella acutinodosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella adspersa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella alertae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella altispira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella annandalei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Cominella bauckei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella bonnecarreri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella brunneocincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella canturiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella chorista species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella cingulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella clelandi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cominella compacta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella crassina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cominella crassinodosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella denselirata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella dingleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella distans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella douvillei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Cominella eburnea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella elegantula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella ellisoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella errata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella excoriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella exsculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella facinerosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella fucata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella glandiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella gradata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella graemei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella griseicalx species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella hamiltoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella hatchetigbeensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella hendersoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella incisa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella intermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella kereruensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella lecontei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella lineolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella maculosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cominella marshalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella mayeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella mirabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella nana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella nassoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella necopinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella norfolkensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella obsoleta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella okinavensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella olsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella onokeana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella otagoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella pertusa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cominella powelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella praecox species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella propinqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella pukeuriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella pulchra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella pumila ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cominella purchasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella putangirua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella quoyana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella regalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella ridicula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella scirrifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella staufti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Cominella striata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella subfilicea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cominella supracostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Cominella tasmanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella tolagaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella tuturewa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella typica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cominella virgata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritonidea staufti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Zephos Finlay, 1926	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : *Zephos*
Comminella Kittl, 1887	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : *Comminella*
Eucominia Finlay, 1926	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : *Eucominia*
Acominia Finlay, 1926	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : *Acominia*
Cominula Finlay, 1926	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : *Cominula*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1850	Cominella Gray
1960	Cominella MacNeil p. 75
1990	Cominella Beu et al. p. 412
1994	Cominella Wilson p. 61
2002	Cominella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

MacNeil F. S. (1960) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1-148

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Wilson B. (1994) , Australian Marine Shells 2

CAAB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Figs. Moll. Anim., 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 479 Validation under the Plenary Powers of Specific Names for Nine species of the class Gastropoda Occurring in the New Zealand Area as published by Martyn (T.) in 1784 in the work entitled the Universal Conchologist (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 456).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16(22), 365-416 (1957) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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