Cominella glandiformis

"Mud whelk" redirects here. For the mollusc found on the east coast of Australia, see Pyrazus ebeninus.

Cominella glandiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cominellidae
Genus: Cominella
Species:
C. glandiformis
Binomial name
Cominella glandiformis
(Reeve, 1847)

Cominella glandiformis, the mud whelk or mud-flat whelk, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cominellidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. ^ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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