Comitas torquayensis

Comitas torquayensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Comitas
Species:	C. torquayensis
Binomial name
Comitas torquayensis A.W.B. Powell, 1944

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in lower Miocene strata off Torquay, Victoria, Australia. The type specimen is in the Auckland Museum.

References

1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Comitas torquayensis

• A.W.B. Powell (1944), The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae
• Powell, A. W. B. (1944). "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 3: 3–68. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42905993. Wikidata   Q58676624.

External links

• Auckland Museum: Comitas torquayensis (holotype)