MolluscaBase taxon details
Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956)
490929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490929)
accepted
Species
Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni Dell, 1956 · alternative representation
Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956) Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Dominion Museum Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-235.
page(s): 95 [details]
page(s): 95 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490929 on 2026-07-08
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(of Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956) Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Dominion Museum Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-235.
page(s): 95 [details]
new combination reference 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): 95 [details]
new combination reference 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.009776; Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956; holotype) (from synonym Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni, apical)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni, lateral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.009776; Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956; holotype) (from synonym Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni, apical)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni, lateral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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