Comitas allani is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Comitas allani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Comitas |
| Species: | C. allani
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| Binomial name | |
| Comitas allani A.W.B. Powell, 1942
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 26.7 mm.
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Distribution edit
This extinct marine species was found in Lower Pleistocene strata off Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. The type specimen is in the Auckland Museum.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas allani Powell, 1942 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831458 on 2018-06-23
- A.W.B. Powell (1942), The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics
- A.W.B. Powell (1942), Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 p. .59, pi. 10, fig. 6
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links edit
- Auckland Museum: Comitas allani (holotype)
- Tucker Abbott, Indo-Pacific mollusca" vol. 2: Comitas allani; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, 19103 U.S.A.
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