Comitas rex

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

Comitas rex
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. rex
Binomial name
Comitas rex
Sysoev, 1997

Description

A solid, fusiform elongated shell, with a thin light brown periostracum. It has a high, turreted spire, with 13.5 whorls. Opposite to the whorl periphery is a reddish-brown band, forming dark rectangular blotches on axial ribs. The length of the shell attains 87 mm, its diameter 27.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas rex Sysoev, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433366 on 2018-06-10
  • Sysoev, A., 1997. - Mollusca Gastropoda: New deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 172: 325-35
  • Specimen at MNHN, Paris
  • "Comitas rex". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Biolib.cz: Comitas rex


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