Comitas kaderlyi

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Comitas kaderlyi
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Apertural view of a shell of Comitas kaderlyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. kaderlyi
Binomial name
Comitas kaderlyi
Lischke, 1872
Synonyms [1]
  • Comitas kaderleyi(Lischke, 1872)
  • Pleurotoma kaderlyiLischke, 1872
  • Surcula kaderlyi(Lischke, 1872)

Comitas kaderlyi, common name Kaderly's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 44 mm and 100 mm.

The whorls are subangulated with about twelve oblique, rounded, longitudinal ribs below the angle. The surface is decussated by growth lines and small revolving striae. The shell is yellowish white, with orange-brown bands on the shoulder, at the base and intermediately three in all, the upper one appearing on the spire. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and Madagascar

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Comitas kaderlyi (Lischke, 1872). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433345 on 2017-02-05
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .