Comitas kaipara

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

Comitas kaipara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. kaipara
Binomial name
Comitas kaipara
C.R. Laws, 1939

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 Cenozoic strata

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas kaipara Laws, 1939 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831465 on 2018-06-28
  • 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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