Cominella adspersa
Cominella adspersa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Subfamily: | Buccininae |
Tribe: | Cominellini |
Genus: | Cominella |
Species: | C. adspersa |
Binomial name | |
Cominella adspersa (Bruguière, 1789) | |
Cominella adspersa, common name the speckled whelk or kawari in Maori, found in New Zealand, is a predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
- http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?speciesid=1086&species=Cominella%20adspersa
- http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/whelk-speckled/1