Comitas Explained

Comitas is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae.^[1]

Species and subspecies

Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus Comitas include:

• † Comitas abnormis L. C. King, 1933
• Comitas aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
• Comitas albicincta (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• † Comitas aldingensis Powell, 1944
• † Comitas allani Powell, 1942
• Comitas anteridion (Watson, 1881)
• Comitas arcana (E. A. Smith, 1899)
• † Comitas bilix Marwick, 1931
• Comitas bolognai Bozzetti, 2001
• Comitas breviplicata (E. A. Smith, 1899)
• Comitas chuni (von Martens, 1902)
• † Comitas clarae (G.F. Harris, 1897)
• Comitas crenularoides (Pritchard, 1896)
• Comitas curviplicata Sysoev, 1996
• † Comitas declivis Powell, 1931
• Comitas elegans Sysoev, 1996
• Comitas ensyuensis (Shikama & Hayashi in Shikama, 1977)
• Comitas erica (Thiele, 1925)
• Comitas eurina (E. A. Smith, 1899)
• Comitas exstructa (von Martens, 1904)
• † Comitas fusiformis (Hutton, 1877)
• † Comitas gagei Maxwell, 1988
• Comitas galatheae Powell, 1969
• Comitas granuloplicata Kosuge, 1992
• Comitas halicyria (Melvill, 1904)
• Comitas hayashii (Shikama, 1977)
• Comitas ilariae Bozzetti, 1991
• † Comitas imperfecta L. C. King, 1933
• Comitas kaderlyi (Lischke, 1872)
• † Comitas kaipara Laws, 1939
• Comitas kamakurana (Pilsbry, 1895)
• Comitas kayalensis Dey, 1962
• † Comitas kenneti Beu, 1970
• Comitas kirai Powell, 1969
• Comitas kuroharai (Oyama, 1962)
• † Comitas latescens (Hutton, 1873)
• † Comitas latiaxialis (P. Marshall, 1918)
• Comitas laura (Thiele, 1925)
• Comitas lurida (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• Comitas makiyamai Shuto, 1961
• Comitas malayana (Thiele, 1925)
• Comitas margaritae (E. A. Smith, 1904)
• Comitas melvilli (Schepman, 1913)
• Comitas miyazakiensis Shuto, 1961
• Comitas murrawolga (Garrard, 1961)
• † Comitas nana Maxwell, 1988
• Comitas oahuensis Powell, 1969
• Comitas obliquicosta (Martens, 1901)
• Comitas obtusigemmata (Schepman, 1913)
• Comitas onokeana King, 1933
  • Comitas onokeana vivens Dell, 1956
• Comitas opulenta (Thiele, 1925)
• Comitas pachycercus Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
• Comitas pagodaeformis (Schepman, 1913)
• Comitas parvifusiformis Li & Li, 2008
• Comitas paupera (Watson, 1881)
• Comitas peelae Bozzetti, 1993
• Comitas powelli Rehder & Ladd, 1973
• † Comitas pseudoclarae A.W.B. Powell, 1944
• Comitas raybaudii Bozzetti, 1994
• † Comitas recticosta (Bellardi, 1847) ^[2]
• Comitas rex Sysoev, 1997
• Comitas rotundata (Watson, 1881)
• Comitas saldanhae (Barnard, 1958)
• † Comitas salebrosa (G.F. Harris, 1897)
• Comitas saudesae Cossignani, 2018
• † Comitas silicicola Darragh, 2017
• † Comitas sobrina (M. Yokoyama, 1923)
• † Comitas sobrinaeformis S. Nomura, 1937
• † Comitas spencerensis E.J. Moore, 1962
• Comitas stolida (Hinds, 1843)
• † Comitas subcarinapex Powell, 1942
• Comitas subsuturalis (von Martens, 1901)
• Comitas suluensis Powell, 1969
• Comitas suratensis (Thiele, 1925)
• † Comitas terrisae Vella, 1954
• Comitas thisbe (E. A. Smith, 1906)
• † Comitas torquayensis Powell, 1944
• Comitas trailli (Hutton, 1873)
• Comitas vezo Bozzetti, 2001
• Comitas vezzaroi Cossignani, 2016
• † Comitas waihaoensis Powell, 1942
• † Comitas williamsi Marwick, 1965
• Comitas wynyardensis (G.B. Pritchard, 1896)
• † Comitas yokoyamai K. Oyama, 1954

Synonyms:

• Comitas aemula Angas, 1877: synonym of Comitas trailli (Hutton, 1873)
• Comitas claviforma Kosuge, 1992 is a basionym for Leucosyrinx claviforma (Kosuge, 1992)^[3]
• Comitas kaderleyi Lischke, 1872: synonym of Comitas kaderlyi (Lischke, 1872)
• Comitas luzonica Powell, 1969: synonym of Leucosyrinx luzonica (Powell, 1969)
• Comitas subcorpulenta Smith, 1894: synonym of:Borsonia symbiotes subcorpulenta (Smith, 1894)
• Comitas symbiotes (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891): synonym of Borsonia symbiotes (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
• Comitas undosa Schepman, 1913: synonym of Paracomitas undosa (Schepman, 1913)
• Comitas verrucosa Suter, 1899: synonym of Comitas trailli (Hutton, 1873)
• Comitas yukiae (Shikama, 1962): synonym of Antiplanes yukiae (Shikama, 1962)

References

• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . PDF . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae
• L. Bozzetti, Description of a new species of the genus Comitas Finlay, 1926 from the Philippines and Reunion (Gastropoda, Turridae); Bull. Inst. Malac. Tokyo 3 (1): 1-3 (1993)

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2010). Comitas Finlay, 1926. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432433 on 2011-07-10
2. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jose_Luis_Vera_Pelaez/publication/312191714_Revision_de_la_familia_Turridae_excepto_Clavatulinae_Gastropoda_Prosobranchia_en_el_Plioceno_de_la_cuenca_de_Estepona_Malaga_y_Velez-Malaga_Malaga_S_Espana_con_la_descripcion_de_26_especies_nuevas/links/587545ad08ae8fce492821ae.pdf Vera-Peláez, J. L. (2002). Revision de la familia Turridae, excepto Clavatulinae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) en el Plioceno de las cuencas de Estepona, Malaga y Velez Malaga (Malaga, S Espana) con la descripcion de 26 especies nuevas. Pliocenica. 2: 176-262
3. Tucker, J. (2009). Leucosyrinx claviforma (Kosuge, 1992). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434213 on 2010-04-16