MolluscaBase name details
Cominella (Josepha) [sic]
572624 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572624)
unaccepted (misspelling of Iosepha by Martens, 1881)
Subgenus
- Species Cominella (Josepha) acuminata [sic] accepted as Cominella (Cominula) accuminata F. W. Hutton, 1893 represented as Cominella accuminata F. W. Hutton, 1893 (misspelling)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) altispira Marwick, 1948 † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) altispira Marwick, 1948 † represented as Cominella altispira Marwick, 1948 † (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) chattonensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) chattonensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella chattonensis (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) chorista Dell, 1952 † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) chorista Dell, 1952 † represented as Cominella chorista Dell, 1952 † (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) compacta Marwick, 1926 † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) compacta Marwick, 1926 † represented as Cominella compacta Marwick, 1926 † (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) eburnea (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Cominella (Iosepha) eburnea (Reeve, 1846) represented as Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling of Iosepha)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) accepted as Cominella (Cominista) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) represented as Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847) (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † represented as Cominella graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) lineolata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Cominella lineolata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling of Iosepha)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) obsoleta (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) obsoleta (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † represented as Cominella obsoleta (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) putangirua (L. C. King, 1933) † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) putangirua (L. C. King, 1933) † represented as Cominella putangirua (L. C. King, 1933) † (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) quoyana A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Cominella (Cominula) quoyana A. Adams, 1855 represented as Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1855 (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) regalis Willan, 1978 accepted as Cominella (Cominula) regalis Wilan, 1978 represented as Cominella regalis Willan, 1978 (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1879) accepted as Cominella tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1879) (misspelling of Iosepha)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) virgata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Cominella (Cominula) virgata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 represented as Cominella virgata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (superseded combination)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) acutinodosa (Reeve, 1846) represented as Cominella acutinodosa (Reeve, 1846)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) norfolkensis (Iredale, 1940) represented as Cominella norfolkensis (Iredale, 1940)
- Species Cominella (Josepha) ottoi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 † represented as Cominella ottoi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Iosepha Tenison Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some new species of Tasmanian marine shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1878: 32-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26235146
page(s): 32 [details]
page(s): 32 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cominella (Josepha) [sic]. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572624 on 2026-01-17
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Iosepha Tenison Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some new species of Tasmanian marine shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1878: 32-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26235146
page(s): 32 [details]
additional 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]
additional source Walton, K., Marshall, B. A., Phillips, N. E., Verry, A. J. F., & Ritchey, P. A. (2019). Phylogeography of the New Zealand whelks Cominella maculosa and C. virgata (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae). <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 178-202.</em> [details]
page(s): 32 [details]
additional 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]
additional source Walton, K., Marshall, B. A., Phillips, N. E., Verry, A. J. F., & Ritchey, P. A. (2019). Phylogeography of the New Zealand whelks Cominella maculosa and C. virgata (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae). <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 178-202.</em> [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Note that the type species of Josepha is Josepha tasmanica Tenison Woods, 1879, not Cominella tasmanica Tenison Woods, 1876, the status of which remains to be established (type material never illustrated and no longer extant) [details]
