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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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Comitas |
Species: | C. fusiformis
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Binomial name | |
Comitas fusiformis (Hutton, 1877)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
edit- ^ 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.