Comitas kenneti

Comitas kenneti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Comitas
Species:	C. kenneti
Binomial name
Comitas kenneti Beu, 1970

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

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found in Upper Miocene strata of the Wairarapa District.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas kenneti Beu, 1970 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831466 on 2018-06-29

• Beu, A. G. "Bathyal Upper Miocene Mollusca from Wairarapa District, New Zealand." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1970.
• 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.