Comitas kaipara is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Comitas kaipara | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Comitas |
| Species: | C. kaipara
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| Binomial name | |
| Comitas kaipara C.R. Laws, 1939
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 6.3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils have been in Cenozoic strata
References
edit- ^ 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
External links
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