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Comitas kaipara

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Comitas kaipara
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. kaipara
Binomial name
Comitas kaipara
C.R. Laws, 1939

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 6.3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils have been in Cenozoic strata

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas kaipara Laws, 1939 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831465 on 2018-06-28
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
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