Cominella lineolata explained

Cominella lineolata, common name the spotted cominella, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cominellidae, .^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 39 mm.

The smooth shell is spindle-shaped. The spire is elongated and pointed. The siphonal canal is short. The oval aperture is pretty large. The outer lip is marked throughout its whole extent by deep violet colored lines, crossed by white lines. The columella is smooth, and of a bright yellow color, as well as the edge of the right lip. Externally, the ground color is of a greenish brown, banded with black. These transverse striae are definite and at regular distances; six or eight appear on the body whorl. The operculum is very small, unguiculated, pointed, and of a reddish brown.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand and Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).

References

• Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1809. Philosophie zoologique. Paris : Dentu Vol. 1 xxv + 428 pp.
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• Reeve, L.A. 1847. Monograph of the genus Buccinum. pls 13-14 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3
• Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1898. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10(2): 236-284
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp
• Donald, K.M, Winter, D.J., Ashcroft, A.L. & Spencer, H.G. (2015). Phylogeography of the whelk genus Cominella (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) suggests long-distance counter-current dispersal of a direct developer. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 115: 315-332

Notes and References

1. Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2015). Cominella lineolata (Lamarck, 1809). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490925 on 2016-05-01
2. https://archive.org/details/generalspeciesic00kien Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837
3. https://archive.org/details/generalspeciesic00kien Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837