Paracomitas haumuria

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Paracomitas haumuria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Paracomitas
Species:
P. haumuria
Binomial name
Paracomitas haumuria
Beu, 1979
Synonyms [1]
  • Macrosinus haumuriaBeu, 1970· accepted, alternate representation
  • Paracomitas (Macrosinus) haumuriaBeu, 1979· accepted, alternate representation

Paracomitas haumuria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off eastern South Island.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Paracomitas haumuria Beu, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599036 on 2019-01-05