Comitas spencerensis

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Comitas spencerensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. spencerensis
Binomial name
Comitas spencerensis
E.W.J. Moore, 1962

Comitas spencerensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]

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This species was tentatively placed by the author in Comitas, although future studies may prove the need for a new generic name.

Description

The length of the incomplete shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 10 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct species were found in Miocene strata near Spencer Creek, Astoria formation, Oregon, USA.

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