Cominella is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Many extant species are endemic to coastal waters off of New Zealand and Australia (including Norfolk Island). There is a rich fossil record in New Zealand. Ancestors of species in Australia likely migrated from New Zealand via long-distance egg rafting, despite taxa exhibiting direct development.
Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus Cominella include:
Species brought into synonymyCominella accuminata (Hutton, 1893): synonym of Cominella quoyana accuminata (Hutton, 1893)Cominella acutispira (Sowerby, 1821): synonym of Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848)Cominella albolirata (Tenison Woods, 1879): synonym of Haustrum vinosum (Lamarck, 1822)Cominella alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)Cominella angusta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Clathranachis angusta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886)Cominella bouveti (Thiele, 1912): synonym of Notoficula bouveti (Thiele, 1912)Cominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844): synonym of Afrocominella capensis (Dunker, 1844)Cominella cincta (Röding, 1798): synonym of Burnupena cincta (Röding, 1798)Cominella densesculpta (Martens, 1885): synonym of Chlanidota densesculpta (Martens, 1885)Cominella dunkeri (Kobelt, 1878): synonym of Burnupena cincta cincta (Röding, 1798)Cominella eburneum [sic]: synonym of Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)Cominella elongata (Dunker, 1857): synonym of Afrocominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)Cominella euthriaformis (Powell, 1929): synonym of Cominella quoyana (A. Adams, 1855)Cominella filicea (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cominella eburnea var. filicea (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)Cominella fortilirata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913): synonym of Aulacofusus periscelidus (Dall, 1891)† Cominella fueguensis (Ihering, 1907): synonym of † Austrocominella fueguensis (Ihering, 1907)Cominella fuscopicta (Turton, 1932): synonym of Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860)Cominella glandiforme [sic]: synonym of Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)Cominella haroldi (Powell, 1946): synonym of Cominella nassoides haroldi (Powell, 1946)Cominella koperbergi (K. Martin, 1933): synonym of Buccinaria jonkeri (Koperberg, 1931)Cominella maculata (Gray, 1835): synonym of Cominella adspersa (Bruguière, 1789)Cominella marlboroughensis (Powell, 1946): synonym of Cominella elegantula (Finlay, 1926)Cominella nodicincta (Martens, 1878): synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) nassoides nodicincta (Martens, 1878) represented as Cominella nassoides nodicincta (Martens, 1878)Cominella porcata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Cominella cincta (Röding, 1798): synonym of Burnupena cincta (Röding, 1798)Cominella prolongata (E. A. Smith, 1899): synonym of Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)Cominella puncturata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860)Cominella retifera (K. Martin, 1933): synonym of Buccinaria jonkeri (Koperberg, 1931)Cominella semisulcata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892): synonym of Burnupena cincta cincta (Röding, 1798)Cominella subrostrata (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Nicema subrostrata (W. Wood, 1828)Cominella sulcata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892): synonym of Maorimorpha sulcata (Sowerby III, 1892)Cominella translucida (Turton, 1932): synonym of Burnupena pubescens (Küster, 1858)Cominella turtoni (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Afrocominella turtoni (Bartsch, 1915)Cominella unifasciata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Nucella castanea (Küster, 1886)Cominella vestita (Martens, 1878): synonym of Chlanidota vestita (Martens, 1878)
