Comitas exstructa

Comitas exstructa
Original drawing of a shell of Comitas exstructa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Comitas
Species:	C. exstructa
Binomial name
Comitas exstructa (von Martens, 1904)
Synonyms [1]
Surcula exstructaMartens, 1904 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 7 mm. It is a non-broadcast spawner without a trocophore stage. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Nicobar Islands at depths of more than 800 m.

References

1. WoRMS (2015). Comitas exstructa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433339 on 2016-06-16
2. "Comitas exstructa". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 19 November 2025.

External links

• Martens, Eduard von, – Thiele, Johannes, Die beschalten Gasteropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898-1899; Jena,G. Fischer,1904
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.