Cominella virgata

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

Cominella virgata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Subfamily:
Buccininae
Tribe:
Cominellini
Genus:
Cominella
Species:
C. virgata
Binomial name
Cominella virgata
H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms

Cominella virgata virgata H. and A. Adams, 1853
Cominella virgata brookesi Powell, 1952

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Taxonomy
Dorsal view of a Cominella virgata shell.

A subspecies, Cominella virgata brookesi Powell, 1952 was formerly recognized,[3][4] but the taxon was demonstrated to be genetically indistinguishable from C. virgata virgata.[6]

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References
  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. Willan, 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, 406 – 407. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
  3. Donald, Kirsten M.; Winter, David J.; Ashcroft, Anna L.; Spencer, Hamish G. (2015). "Phylogeography of the whelk genus Cominella (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) suggests long-distance counter-current dispersal of a direct developer". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 115: 315–332. doi:10.1111/bij.12529.
  4. Vaux, 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. PMID 28669812.
  5. Fleming, 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.
  6. 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.


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