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Cominella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cominella Gray
1889Cominella White p. 452
1960Cominella MacNeil p. 75
1990Cominella Beu et al. p. 412
1994Cominella Wilson p. 61
2002Cominella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCominellaGray 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cominella Gray 1850
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Subg. Cominella (Cominella) Gray 1850
Subg. Cominella (Cominula) Finlay 1926
Subg. †Cominella (Procominula) Finlay 1926
†Cominella annandalei Vredenburg 1925
†Cominella clelandi Tate 1888
†Cominella colemani Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Cominella crassina Tate 1888
†Cominella douvillei Newton 1922
†Cominella eocenica Weaver 1912
†Cominella lecontei White 1889
Cominella maculosa Martyn 1784
†Cominella pertusa Tate 1888
†Cominella praecursor Wilckens 1907
†Cominella pumila Tate 1888
†Cominella retifera Martin 1933
†Cominella staufti Olsson 1928
†Cominella subfilicea Tate 1888
†Cominella supracostata Traub 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. praecursor (235519)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (San Luis) C. praecursor (235482)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) C. lecontei (239772)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland C. sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium C. montensis (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Poland C. supracostata (27625)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina C. tumida, C. patagonica (99258)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) C. supracostata (84335)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Greenland C. sp. (22944 22945)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) C. pachecoi (98774)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland C. supracostata (27019 27020)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Texas) C. pachecoi (92307)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Egypt (Quseir) C. mayeri (3298)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Latrius eocenica (200874 200886 200892)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) C. colemani (166458)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria C. douvillei (51237 51239 51240 51241 51242 51246)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) C. deserta, C. sp. (42636) C. sp. (42639)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica (Seymour Island) C. crozieri (63552)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) C. deserta (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Amphissa eocenica (207129) Latirus eocenica (52204 52207 203164)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. deserta (42640)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Tritonidea staufti (52523)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Antarctica C. crozieri (72397 72398) C. ottoi (72389)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) C. eocenica (40733)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) C. ottoi (63553)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan C. annandalei (77159)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (Southland) C. chattonensis (50784)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (Central Otago) Cominula sp. (35116 35126)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan C. annandalei (77459)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand C. sp. (77488)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand C. sp. (77489)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand C. pukeuriensis (67896 67900) Cominula pukeuriensis (67898) Cominula pukeuriensis, Eucominia intermedia (67897)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333New Zealand Acominia hendersoni (45033)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333New Zealand C. hendersoni (45030)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) C. okinavensis (42181 42183)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand C. dingleyi (45029 45031) Cominula sp., C. dingleyi (45028)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (Auckland) C. dingleyi (45258) C. dingleyi, C. altispira (45259) Cominista sp. (45257)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) C. retifera (109175)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan (Okinawa) C. okinavensis (42178 42186)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (South Australia) C. eburnea (63379)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Zealand (Wellington) C. glandiformis (94818)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) C. acutinodosa (63356) C. tasmanica (96708)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) C. tasmanica (63358)