Comitas declivis

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Comitas declivis
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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]

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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.

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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