Comitas galatheae explained

Comitas galatheae, common name the galatheae turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 105 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Aru Islands, eastern Indonesia and Western Australia

References

• Powell, A.W.B. 1969. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part. 2. The subfamily Turriculinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(10): 207–415, pls 188–324
• Kosuge, S 1986. Report of the family Turridae collected along the north-western coast of Australia (Gastropoda) (1). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 2(5): 80-90
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Sysoev, A.V. 1997. Mollusca Gastropoda: new deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (N.S.) [1993-2016] série A, Zoologie 172: 325–355

External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .
  • Biolib.cz: Comitas galatheae

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas galatheae Powell, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433340 on 2018-06-10