Comitas albicincta

Comitas albicincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Comitas albicincta
Drawing of a shell of Comitas albicincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. albicincta
Binomial name
Comitas albicincta
A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia albicincta (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Pleurotoma albicincta Adams & Reeve, 1850 (original combination)

Description

G.W. Tryon was of the opinion that this was a more highly colored adult of Drillia putillus (synonym of Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845)) with the peripheral row of tubercles whitish. He couldn't find other differences. [2]

The fusiform shell consists of ten whorls. These are transversally crossed by delicate striae. The fulvescent shell shows a white zone that passes over the nodules upon the angle in the center of each whorl. The sinus is small. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the East China Sea and in the South China Sea

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References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas albicincta (Adams & Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433328 on 2018-06-04
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Arthur Adams (1850) The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, (1843-1846); London :Reeve and Benham,1850 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Adams A & Reeve L. Mollusca. Part 2. In: Adams A, editor. The zoology of the voyage of the H. M. S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. B., F. R. A. S., F. G. S., during the years 1843–1846. London: Reeve & Benham; 1850. pp. 25–41. pls 10–17
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 2. The subfamily Turriculinae." Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2.10 (1969): 207-416.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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