Comitas aldingensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. aldingensis
Binomial name
Comitas aldingensis
A.W.B. Powell, 1944
Synonyms

Comitas (Carinacomitas) aldingensis A.W.B. Powell, 1944

Comitas aldingensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in upper Eocene strata off Aldinga Beach, South Australia. The type specimen is in the Auckland Museum.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas aldingensis Powell, 1944 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1033307 on 2018-06-24
  • A.W.B. Powell (1944), The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae
  • A.W.B. Powell (1944), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum., vol. 3 no. 1, p. 1-68


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