Comitas kenneti
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Comitas kenneti | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Comitas |
Species: | C. kenneti
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Binomial name | |
Comitas kenneti Beu, 1970
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Comitas kenneti is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found in Upper Miocene strata of the Wairarapa District.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas kenneti Beu, 1970 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831466 on 2018-06-29
- Beu, A. G. "Bathyal Upper Miocene Mollusca from Wairarapa District, New Zealand." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1970.
- 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.