Comptella

Comptella
Comptella curta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Pagodulinae
Genus:	Comptella Finlay, 1926
Type species
Trophon (Kalydon) curtaMurdoch, 1905

Comptella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pagodulinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Comptella include:

• Comptella coronata Dell, 1956 ^[2]
• † Comptella crassa Beu, 1967
• Comptella curta (Murdoch, 1905) ^[3]
• Comptella devia (Suter, 1908) ^[4]

References

1. Comptella Finlay, 1926 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
2. Comptella coronata Dell, 1956 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
3. Comptella curta (Murdoch, 1905) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
4. Comptella devia (Suter, 1908) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.

• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Barco, A.; Marshall, B.; Houart, R.; Oliverio, M. (2015). Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81(4): 476-488