Comitas allani explained

Comitas allani is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 26.7 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Lower Pleistocene strata off Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. The type specimen is in the Auckland Museum.

References

• A.W.B. Powell (1942), The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics
• A.W.B. Powell (1942), Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 p. .59, pi. 10, fig. 6
• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Auckland Museum: Comitas allani (holotype)
• Tucker Abbott, Indo-Pacific mollusca" vol. 2: Comitas allani; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103 U.S.A.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas allani Powell, 1942 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831458 on 2018-06-23