Comitas torquayensis

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

Comitas torquayensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. torquayensis
Binomial name
Comitas torquayensis
A.W.B. Powell, 1944

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in lower Miocene strata off Torquay, Victoria, Australia The type specimen is in the Auckland Museum.

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References

  • A.W.B. Powell (1944), The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae
  • A.W.B. Powell (1944), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum., vol. 3 no. 1, p. 1-68


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