Subgenus Cominella (Josepha) Tenison-Woods, 1878

Museums

Regional Maps

• Josepha Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. Census, with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1877: 26-57 [32] [Josepha [Martens, 1881, Zoological Record, 17, Mollusca: 47] is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Iosepha].

  Type species:

   Iosepha tasmanica 1879 by monotypy.
• Cominula Finlay, H.J. 1926. New Shells from New Zealand Tertiary Beds: Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 56: 227–258 [239].

  Type species:

   Cominella qouyana Adams by original designation.
• Cominista Finlay, H.J. 1926. New Shells from New Zealand Tertiary Beds: Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 56: 227–258 [240].

  Type species:

   Buccinum glandiforme Reeve, 1847 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

General References

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [62]

History of changes