Cominella otagoensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cominellidae, the true whelks.

Cominella otagoensis
Shell of Cominella otagoensis (specimen at the Auckland War Memorial Museum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cominellidae
Genus: Cominella
Species:
C. otagoensis
Binomial name
Cominella otagoensis
(Finlay, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Cominella (Eucominia) otagoensis (Finlay, 1926)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Zephos otagoensis Finlay, 1927

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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