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Comitas allani

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Comitas allani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. allani
Binomial name
Comitas allani
A.W.B. Powell, 1942

Comitas allani is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 26.7 mm.

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
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