Comitas aequatorialis

Comitas aequatorialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Subspecies
Comitas aequatorialis palawanica Powell, 1969

Comitas aequatorialis
Shell of Comitas aequatorialis palawanica (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. aequatorialis
Binomial name
Comitas aequatorialis
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Leucosyrinx aequatorialis Thiele, 1925 (basionym)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. The subspecies occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. Tucker, J. (2010). Comitas aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925). 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=433327 on 2011-07-10
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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