Comitas aequatorialis
Comitas aequatorialis | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Comitas aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Leucosyrinx aequatorialis Thiele, 1925 (basionym) |
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
Distribution[]
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. The subspecies occurs off the Philippines.
References[]
- ^ a b 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
External links[]
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
Categories:
- Comitas
- Gastropods described in 1925
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs