Anticomitas

Anticomitas vivens is a species of sea snail in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1] It is the only species in the genus Anticomitas.[2]

Anticomitas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Anticomitas
Powell, 1942
Species:
A. vivens
Binomial name
Anticomitas vivens
Powell, 1942

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand, where it occurs off Three Kings Islands.

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References
  1. Anticomitas vivens Powell, 1942. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  2. Anticomitas Powell, 1942. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp. 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Anticomitas vivens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone


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