Comitas kaipara

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Comitas kaipara
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. kaipara
Binomial name
Comitas kaipara
C.R. Laws, 1939

Comitas kaipara 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 Cenozoic strata

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas kaipara Laws, 1939 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831465 on 2018-06-28


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