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Cominella glandiformis Mud Whelk, Mud-Flat Whelk

Cominella glandiformis is commonly referred to as Mud Whelk, Mud-Flat Whelk. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Cominella glandiformis.On low tide seagrass near Rangitoto Island Wharf.2022


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12832 
AphiaID:
598732 
Scientific:
Cominella glandiformis 
German:
Schlamm-Wellhornschnecke 
English:
Mud Whelk, Mud-Flat Whelk 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Cominellidae (Family) > Cominella (Genus) > glandiformis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Reeve, ), 1847 
Occurrence:
New Zealand 
Sea depth:
0 - 1 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,5cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
51.8 °F - 64.4 °F (11°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-04 11:11:14 

Info

Cominella glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)

Cominella glandiformis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. This is an active scavenging carnivore.

The majority of such aggregations are associated with either the tellinid bivalve Macomona liliana (Iredale, 1915) or the venerid cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi (Wood, 1828).

Synonymised names:
Buccinum glandiforme Reeve, 1847 (original combination)
Buccinum luridum Philippi, 1849
Cominella (Cominista) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)· accepted, alternate representation
Cominella (Josepha) glandiformis (Reeve, 1847)
Cominella glandiforme [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
Cominella glandiforme glandiforme [sic] (incorrect gender ending)

External links

  1. Feeding ecology of whelks on an intertidal sand flatin north-eastern New Zealand (en). Abgerufen am 12.02.2021.
  2. Phylogeography of the whelk genusCominella(Gastropoda: Buccinidae) suggests long-distancecounter-current dispersal of a direct developer (en). Abgerufen am 12.02.2021.
  3. The Marine Life Database 2020 (en). Abgerufen am 12.02.2021.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Cominella glandiformis.On low tide seagrass near Rangitoto Island Wharf.2022
Snail wandering a sand flat.Cominella glandiformis.2018
Snail feast,A group of Cominella glandiformis feasting on a poor Austrovenus stutchburyi in low tidal mud at Wattle Reserve, 2019
Foto: Te Pua point, Parengarenga Harbour, Neuseeland
Cominella glandiformis,Feeding on Austrovenus stutchburyi in Ambury Park,2020
Mud Whelk hunting.Cominella glandiformis hunting is a tidal pool for anything edible, One Tree Point, Whangarei Harbour.2019
Mud Whelk.Cominella glandiformis.2018

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