Comitas subcarinapex explained

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Lower Miocene strata off Southland, 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. .60, pi. 10, fig. 5
• 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 subcarinapex (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 subcarinapex Powell, 1942 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831470 on 2018-06-24