Comitas aldingensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Comitas aldingensis | |
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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. aldingensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Comitas aldingensis A.W.B. Powell, 1944
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| Synonyms | |
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Comitas (Carinacomitas) aldingensis A.W.B. Powell, 1944 | |
Description
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in upper Eocene strata off Aldinga Beach, South Australia. The type specimen is in the Auckland Museum.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas aldingensis Powell, 1944 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1033307 on 2018-06-24
- 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.
External links
edit- Auckland Museum: Comitas aldingensis (holotype)
- Darragh, T. A. (2017). Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia. Records of the West Australian Museum 32: 29-100
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