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Cominella otagoensis

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ3168603 ↗
Source-derived summary

Cominella otagoensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cominellidae, the true whelks.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

Finlay H.J. (1926).

Editorial summary

“Cominella otagoensis” enters the record as species of mollusc. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cominella, otagoensis and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 2009, 1926—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Cominella, otagoensis and species.
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Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3168603. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1979, 2009 and 1926.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cominella otagoensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.