Comitas spencerensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Comitas spencerensis | |
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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. spencerensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Comitas spencerensis E.W.J. Moore, 1962
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This species was tentatively placed by the author in Comitas, although future studies may prove the need for a new generic name.
Description edit
The length of the incomplete shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 10 mm.
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this extinct species were found in Miocene strata near Spencer Creek, Astoria formation, Oregon, USA.
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