Biology:Comitas bilix

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Comitas bilix
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Caenogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Neogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Conoidea
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Pseudomelatomidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Comitas
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Binomial name
Comitas bilix
Marwick, 1931

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils have been found in Tertiary strata of the Gisborne District

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas bilix Marwick, 1931 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831460 on 2018-06-27
  • Marwick, John. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Geological Survey Branch, 1931.
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q55608081 entry