Cominella alertae
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| Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956) |
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Fax alertae Dell, 1956 |
Cominella alertae is a species of predatory deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the Chatham Rise within New Zealand waters.
[edit] Habitat
This whelk lives at depths of between 280 and 600 m.
The shell is elongate-ovate, rather solid, with a wide shoulder sulcus. It is sculptured with long rounded axials, overridden by flattish linear-spaced spiral cords, the one at the shoulder angle subnodose.
The shell coloration is white, under a thin yellowish-brown periostracum.
The shell height is up to 28 mm, and width up to 12 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
