Comitas declivis
Comitas declivis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Comitas declivis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Comitas |
| Species: | C. declivis |
| Binomial name | |
| Comitas declivis A.W.B. Powell, 1931 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 6.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils have been in Lower Pliocene strata (Waitotaran) near the mouth of the Waihi stream, Hāwera.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas declivis Powell, 1931 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831461 on 2018-06-28
- Powell, Arthur William Baden. "Waitotaran faunules of the Wanganui System and descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the New Zealand Pliocene." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 1.2 (1931): 85-112.
- 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
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