Comitas obliquicosta

Comitas obliquicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Comitas obliquicosta
Original image of a shell of Comitas obliquicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. obliquicosta
Binomial name
Comitas obliquicosta
(von Martens, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula) obliquicosta Martens, 1901
  • Surcula obliquicosta (Martens, 1901)

Description

The length of the shell attains 47 mm, its diameter 19 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Sumatra, Indonesia

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References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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