Cominella maculosa

Cominella maculosa
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. maculosa
Binomial name
Cominella maculosa (Martyn, 1784)
Synonyms
Buccinum maculosum Martyn, 1784

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

References

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