Comitas torquayensis

Extinct species of gastropod

Comitas torquayensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. torquayensis
Binomial name
Comitas torquayensis
A.W.B. Powell, 1944

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

Description

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Comitas torquayensis
  • A.W.B. Powell (1944), The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1944). "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 3–68. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905993. Wikidata Q58676624.
  • Auckland Museum: Comitas torquayensis (holotype)
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