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Comitas aequatorialis

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Comitas aequatorialis
Shell of Comitas aequatorialis palawanica (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. aequatorialis
Binomial name
Comitas aequatorialis
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Leucosyrinx aequatorialis Thiele, 1925 (basionym)

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

Subspecies
Comitas aequatorialis palawanica Powell, 1969

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. The subspecies occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ a b Tucker, J. (2010). Comitas aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925). 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=433327 on 2011-07-10
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.