Comitas onokeana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1] Comitas onokeana has a subspecies called Comitas onokeana vivens.Dell, 1956[2]
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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. onokeana
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| Binomial name | |
| Comitas onokeana King, 1933
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† Comitas onokeana onokeana L. C. King, 1933· accepted, alternate representation | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 30 mm, its diameter 12 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils have been found in Tertiary strata of southern Wairarapa
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas onokeana King, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599031 on 2018-06-14
- ^ New Zealand Mollusca: Comitas onokeanus vivens
- King, L. C. "Tertiary molluscan faunas from the southern Wairarapa." Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 63. 1933.
- 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.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Comitas onokeana vivens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Auckland Museum: Comitas onokeana
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