Comitas saldanhae

Comitas saldanhae
Apertural view of a shell of Comitas saldanhae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Comitas
Species: C. saldanhae
Binomial name
Comitas saldanhae
(Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms[1]

Turris saldanhae Barnard, 1958 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Orange River, South Africa

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas saldanhae (Barnard, 1958). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433368 on 2018-06-24
  • Barnard, 1958. Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine mollusca Part I. Gastropoda. Posobranchiata, Toxoglossa.
  • Nolf F. (2011) A northern range extension for Comitas saldanhae (Barnard, 1958) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae). Neptunea 10(2): 1-4
  • Biolib.cz: Comitas saldanhae
  • Gastropods.com: Comitas saldanhae
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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