Comitas terrisae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Comitas
Species:	C. terrisae
Binomial name
Comitas terrisae P. Vella, 1954

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

Contents

• Description
• Distribution
• References
• External links

Description

The length of the shell attains 20.5 mm, its diameter 7.5 mm.

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Distribution

This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils were found in Tertiary strata of Southeast Wairarapa

References

• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch

External links

• P. Vella, Tertiary Mollusca from Southeast Wairarapa, p. 548 pl. 27 fig.24;, 25; New Zealand Geological Survey, 1953

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