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Cominella maculosa Spotted Whelk

Cominella maculosa is commonly referred to as Spotted Whelk. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Cominella maculosa,Found alive intertidally at Lyall Bay, Wellington,2019


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12675 
AphiaID:
490926 
Scientific:
Cominella maculosa 
German:
Gepunktete Wellhornschnecke 
English:
Spotted Whelk 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinidae (Family) > Cominella (Genus) > maculosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Martyn, ), 1784 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
Sea depth:
0 - 16 Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 1.57" (3,4cm - 4,5cm) 
Temperature:
55.4 °F - 66.2 °F (13°C - 19°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Clams, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-08-02 13:25:43 

Info

Cominella maculosa (Martyn, 1784)

Cominella maculosa, common name the spotted whelk, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and is found off Chatham Island.

Synonymised names:
Buccinum maculosum Martyn, 1784 (original combination)
Buccinum testudineum Bruguière, 1789 (original combination)
Cominella (Cominella) maculosa (Martyn, 1784)· accepted, alternate representation
Cominella testudinea (Bruguière, 1789)

External links

  1. Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. inaturalist.nz (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Phylogeography of the New Zealand whelks Cominella maculosa and C. virgata (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae) (en). Abgerufen am 02.08.2022.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Long Bay marine reserve, North Shore, Auckland.r, Neuseeland
Spotted Whelk,Cominella maculosa peeking out of a rock pool at Plimmerton Beach, Porirua, 2019
Cominella maculosa,Found alive intertidally at Lyall Bay, Wellington,2019

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