Comptella

Comptella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Comptella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Pagodulinae
Genus:
Comptella

Finlay, 1926
Type species
Trophon (Kalydon) curta Murdoch, 1905

Species

Species within the genus Comptella include:

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References
  1. Comptella Finlay, 1926. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Comptella coronata Dell, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Comptella curta (Murdoch, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Comptella devia (Suter, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • 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.


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