Comitas ensyuensis

Comitas ensyuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Comitas
Species: C. ensyuensis
Binomial name
Comitas ensyuensis
Shikama & Hayashi in Shikama, 1977
Synonyms[1]
  • Turricula (Comitas) ensyuensis Shikama, 1977 (basionym)
  • Turricula ensyuensis Shikama, 1977(original combination)

Comitas ensyuensis is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies [1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 70 mm and 95 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Tucker, J. (2010). Comitas ensyuensis (Shikama, 1977). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433336 on 2012-04-05
  • Shikama T. (1977). Descriptions of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section II (Geology). 24: 1-23, 5 pls. page(s): 18
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Comitas ensyuensis
  • Biolib.cz: Comitas ensyuensis


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