The Cominellidae are
taxonomic family
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of large
sea snails in the superfamily
Buccinoidea
Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This superfamily is in the clade Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). It had been ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cominellidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196901 on 2021-12-09]
Genera
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Cominella
''Cominella'' is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cominellidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Cominella Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=tax ...
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Gray, 1850
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Falsitromina
''Falsitromina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cominellidae
The Cominellidae are taxonomic family of large sea snails in the superfamily Buccinoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cominellidae Gray, ...
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Dell, 1990
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Lusitromina''
Harasewych & Kantor, 2004
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Pareuthria
''Pareuthria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cominellidae.
Distribution
Species of ''Pareuthria'' are found in waters off of New Zealand and Argentina.
Evolution
''Pareuthria'' is related to the genus ''Comin ...
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Strebel, 1905
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Parficulina''
Powell, 1958
References
* Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. & Bouchet, P. (2021). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031: 1-69
External links
Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. (Gastropoda). British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp
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Buccinoidea