Comptella curta

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Comptella curta
Marine snail, Comptella curta (Murdoch, 1905).jpg
Shell of Comptella curta held at Te Papa, Wellington
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Comptella
Species:
C. curta
Binomial name
Comptella curta
(Murdoch, 1905)
Synonyms [1]

Trophon (Kalydon) curtaMurdoch, 1905

Comptella curta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

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