Comitas powelli

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

Comitas powelli
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. powelli
Binomial name
Comitas powelli
Rehder & Ladd, 1973

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs on Mid-Pacific Seamounts between Marshall Islands and Hawaii

References

  • Rehder H. A. & Ladd H. S. (1973) Deep and shallow-water mollusks from the Central Pacific. Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Sendai, ser. 2 (Geology) Special vol. 6 (Hatai Memorial Volume): 37-49, pl. 3. page(s): 45
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Comitas powelli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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