Comitas latescens explained

Comitas latescens is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 10.1 mm.

(Original description) The fusiform shell has an acute spire. The rounded whorls are closely spirally striated. The spire whorls are obliquely plicated. There is a deep, broad groove at the suture. The aperture is ovate. The siphonal canal is rather produced. The body whorl is shorter than the spire.^[2]

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found off Mount Brown

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas latescens (Hutton, 1873) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831467 on 2018-06-10
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138394#page/7/mode/1up Hutton F. W. 1873. Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington. xvi + 48 pp