Comitas aequatorialis
Comitas aequatorialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
- Subspecies
- Comitas aequatorialis palawanica Powell, 1969
| Comitas aequatorialis | |
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| Shell of Comitas aequatorialis palawanica (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Comitas |
| Species: | C. aequatorialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Comitas aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucosyrinx aequatorialis Thiele, 1925 (basionym) | |
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. The subspecies occurs off the Philippines.
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References
- Tucker, J. (2010). Comitas aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433327 on 2011-07-10
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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