Comitas kirai

Comitas kirai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Comitas kirai
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. kirai
Binomial name
Comitas kirai
Powell, 1969

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Japan and in the South China Sea.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas kirai Powell, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433346 on 2018-06-10
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1969. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part. 2. The subfamily Turriculinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(10): 207โ€“415, pls 188โ€“324
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1โ€“1295.
  • "Comitas kirai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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