Comitas ensyuensis

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

Comitas ensyuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. ensyuensis
Binomial name
Comitas ensyuensis
Shikama & Hayashi in Shikama, 1977
Synonyms[1]
  • Turricula (Comitas) ensyuensis Shikama, 1977 (basionym)
  • Turricula ensyuensis Shikama, 1977(original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 70 mm and 95 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References

  1. Tucker, J. (2010). Comitas ensyuensis (Shikama, 1977). 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=433336 on 2012-04-05
  • Shikama T. (1977). Descriptions of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section II (Geology). 24: 1-23, 5 pls. page(s): 18
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Comitas ensyuensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Biolib.cz: Comitas ensyuensis


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