| Comitas subcarinapex | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Comitas |
| Species: | C. subcarinapex |
| Binomial name | |
| Comitas subcarinapex A.W.B. Powell, 1942 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carinacomitas subcarinapex A.W.B. Powell, 1942 | |
Comitas subcarinapex is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Lower Miocene strata off Southland, New Zealand. The type specimen is in the Auckland Museum.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas subcarinapex Powell, 1942 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831470 on 2018-06-24
- A.W.B. Powell (1942), The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics
- A.W.B. Powell (1942), Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 p. .60, pi. 10, fig. 5
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
- Auckland Museum: Comitas subcarinapex (holotype)
- Tucker Abbott, Indo-Pacific mollusca" vol. 2: Comitas allani; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103 U.S.A.
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