Comitas fusiformis is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Comitas fusiformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. fusiformis
Binomial name
Comitas fusiformis
(Hutton, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia fusiformis Hutton, 1877 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma trailli Hutton, 1873 (homonym, already published in May 1873)
  • Surcula huttoni Suter, 1914
  • Surcula oamarutica Suter, 1917

Distribution

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This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas fusiformis (Hutton, 1877) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831462 on 2018-06-10
  • Hutton, F. W. "Report on the geology of the north-east portion of the South Island, from Cook Straits to the Rakaia." Report on Geological Explorations during 1873 74 (1877): 27–58.
  • 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.