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Comitas exstructa

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Comitas exstructa
Original drawing of a shell of Comitas exstructa
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. exstructa
Binomial name
Comitas exstructa
(von Martens, 1904)
Synonyms[1]

Surcula exstructa Martens, 1904 (original combination)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 7 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Nicobar Islands at depths of more than 800 m.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Comitas exstructa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433339 on 2016-06-16
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  • Martens, Eduard von, – Thiele, Johannes, Die beschalten Gasteropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898-1899; Jena,G. Fischer,1904
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.