Comitas | |
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Shell of Comitas peelae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Comitas Finlay, 1926 |
Type species | |
† Surcula oamaruticaSuter, 1917 (type by original designation) | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Turricula (Comitas)Finlay, 1926 |
Comitas is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]
Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus Comitas include:
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Cochlespira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
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Mattheus Marinus Schepman was a Dutch malacologist. He was one of the foremost collectors of mollusc shells in the Netherlands, and was also high on the overall list of European collectors.