Comitas oahuensis

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

Comitas oahuensis
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. oahuensis
Binomial name
Comitas oahuensis
Powell, 1969

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16.8 mm and 17.25 mm, the diameter between 6.9 mm and 7.75 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas oahuensis Powell, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433355 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.
  • Biolib.cz: Comitas ohuaensis


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