Cookia
Introduction '''''Cookia''''' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. ''Cookia'' is sometimes treated as a subgenus of the genus ''Bolma''. The genus was named after Captain James Cook.
Species Species within the genus ''Cookia'' include:* †''Cookia kawauensis'' Powell, 1938* ''Cookia sulcata'' (Lightfoot, 1786);Species brought into synonymy:* ''Cookia novaezelandiae'' Lesson, 1832: synonym of ''Cookia sulcata'' (Lightfoot, 1786)
References * Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) ''The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990''. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245
Further reading * Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Glen Pownall, ''New Zealand Shells and Shellfish'', Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979