Cominella retifera Martin 1933 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: K. Martin. 1933. Eine neue tertiƤre Molluskenfauna aus dem Indischen Archipel. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen 6:7-32

Belongs to Cominella according to K. Martin 1933

Sister taxa: Cominella (Cominella), Cominella (Cominula), Cominella (Eucominia), Cominella (Josepha), Cominella (Procominula), Cominella annandalei, Cominella bonnecarreri, Cominella clelandi, Cominella colemani, Cominella crassina, Cominella crozieri, Cominella douvillei, Cominella eocenica, Cominella lecontei, Cominella maculosa, Cominella pertusa, Cominella praecursor, Cominella pumila, Cominella staufti, Cominella subfilicea, Cominella supracostata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Waisiu, Buton Island, which is in a Zanclean carbonate marl in the Sampolakosa Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Waisiu, Buton Island

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