WoRMS taxon details
Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956)
724087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724087)
accepted
Species
Cominella (Eucominia) alertae (Dell, 1956) · alternative representation
Fax alertae Dell, 1956 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Fax alertae Dell, 1956) Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Dominion Museum Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-235.
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724087 on 2025-02-17
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original description
(of Fax alertae Dell, 1956) Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Dominion Museum Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-235.
page(s): 92 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
status source Donald, K. M.; Winter, D. J.; Ashcroft, A. L.; Spencer, H. G. (2015). Phylogeography of the whelk genus <i>Cominella</i> (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) suggests long-distance counter-current dispersal of a direct developer. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 115(2): 315-332., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12529 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
status source Donald, K. M.; Winter, D. J.; Ashcroft, A. L.; Spencer, H. G. (2015). Phylogeography of the whelk genus <i>Cominella</i> (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) suggests long-distance counter-current dispersal of a direct developer. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 115(2): 315-332., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12529 [details]





To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cominella alertae)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cominella alertae (Dell,1956) New Zealand, Subantarctic Islands, Auckland Island)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.009773; Fax alertae Dell, 1956; holotype) (from synonym Fax alertae Dell, 1956)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fax alertae, apical)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Fax alertae Dell, 1956)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cominella alertae)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cominella alertae (Dell,1956) New Zealand, Subantarctic Islands, Auckland Island)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.009773; Fax alertae Dell, 1956; holotype) (from synonym Fax alertae Dell, 1956)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fax alertae, apical)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Fax alertae Dell, 1956)