Comitas vezo

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

Comitas vezo
Apertural view of a shell of Comitas vezo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. vezo
Binomial name
Comitas vezo
Bozzetti, 2001

Description

The length of the shell attains 47 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar.

References

  1. Comitas vezo Bozzetti, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  • Bozzetti, L., 2001. Tre nuove specie (Mollusca, Gastropoda) dal Madagascar sud-occidentale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 33: 17-19
  • Holotype at MNHN, Paris
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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