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Cominella quoyana Quoys Whelk, Purple Mouth Whelk

Cominella quoyana is commonly referred to as Quoys Whelk, Purple Mouth Whelk. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Quoys Whelk,Cominella quoyana, uncommon subtidally on the East Coast on Auckland, prefers rocky conditions but can live on mildly muddy and sandy areas as well.Algies Bay, 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:
13787 
AphiaID:
490931 
Scientific:
Cominella quoyana 
German:
Quoys Wellhornschnecke 
English:
Quoys Whelk, Purple Mouth Whelk 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinidae (Family) > Cominella (Genus) > quoyana (Species) 
Initial determination:
A. Adams, 1855 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,3cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
51.8 °F - 64.4 °F (11°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
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:
2021-04-10 14:18:17 

Info

Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1855

Cominella quoyana , common name the speckled whelk or kawari in Maori, is a predatory sea snail in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. This snail is an active scavenging carnivore.

Quoys Whelk is endemic tio New Zealnd.

Synonymised names:
Buccinum luridum Hutton, 1873 (Invalid: not B. luridum Philippi, 1849)
Cominella (Cominula) kempi Powell, 1934 †
Cominella (Cominula) quoyana A. Adams, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
Cominella (Josepha) quoyana A. Adams, 1855
Cominella (Josepha) quoyana quoyana A. Adams, 1855
Cominella huttoni Kobelt, 1878
Cominella quoyana quoyana A. Adams, 1855

Direct children (4)>:
Subspecies Cominella quoyana accuminata Hutton, 1893 accepted as Cominella accuminata Hutton, 1893
Subspecies Cominella quoyana griseicalx Willan, 1978 accepted as Cominella griseicalx Willan, 1978
Subspecies Cominella quoyana necopinata (Finlay, 1930) accepted as Cominella necopinata (Finlay, 1930)
Subspecies Cominella quoyana quoyana A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Cominella (Cominula) quoyana A. Adams, 1855 represented as Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1855

External links

  1. gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 10.04.2021.
  2. New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 10.04.2021.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 10.04.2021.

Pictures

Spawn

Cominella quoyana Eggs on a washed up Pecten novaezelandiae. Waipu, New Zealand 2022
Cominella quoyana,New Zealand, Aug. 14, 2021
Cominella quoyana,New Zealand, Aug. 14, 2021

Commonly

Purple Mouth Whelk.Cominella quoyana.2018
Cominella quoyana feeding on a dead or dying Echinocardium cordatum several meters below low tide off Te Haruhi Bay.2021
Cominella quoyana.Youngi form.2018
Cominella quoyana.Live in situ, snorkeled around Paua Wharf, Paua, Parengarenga Harbour.2021
Quoys Whelk,Cominella quoyana, uncommon subtidally on the East Coast on Auckland, prefers rocky conditions but can live on mildly muddy and sandy areas as well.Algies Bay, 2019

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