Comitas declivis

Comitas declivis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Comitas
Species:	C. declivis
Binomial name
Comitas declivis A.W.B. Powell, 1931

Comitas declivis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 6.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils have been in Lower Pliocene strata (Waitotaran) near the mouth of the Waihi stream, Hāwera.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas declivis Powell, 1931 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831461 on 2018-06-28

• Powell, A. W. B. (1931). "Waitotaran Faunules of the Wanganui System and Descriptions of New Species of Mollusca from the New Zealand Pliocene". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 1: 85–112. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42905938. Wikidata   Q58676540.
• 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

• Auckland Museum: Comitas declivis (holotype)