Cominella lineolata facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cominella lineolata
Two views of a shell of Cominella lineolata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Subfamily:	Buccininae
Tribe:	Cominellini
Genus:	Cominella
Species:	C. lineolata
Binomial name
Cominella lineolata (Lamarck, 1809)
Synonyms
Buccinum alveolatum Kiener, L.C., 1834 Buccinum lineare Reeve, L.A. 1847 Buccinum lineolatum Lamarck, 1816 (original combination) Buccinum pluriannulata Reeve, L.A. 1846 Cominella (Josepha) lineolata (Lamarck, 1809) · accepted, alternate representation

Cominella lineolata, common name the spotted cominella, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 39 mm.

The smooth shell is spindle-shaped. The spire is elongated and pointed. The siphonal canal is short. The oval aperture is pretty large. The outer lip is marked throughout its whole extent by deep violet colored lines, crossed by white lines. The columella is smooth, and of a bright yellow color, as well as the edge of the right lip. Externally, the ground color is of a greenish brown, banded with black. These transverse striae are definite and at regular distances; six or eight appear on the body whorl. The operculum is very small, unguiculated, pointed, and of a reddish brown.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand and Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).