Biology:Comitas torquayensis
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
| Comitas torquayensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Comitas |
| Species: | C. torquayensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Comitas torquayensis A.W.B. Powell, 1944
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Comitas torquayensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in lower Miocene strata off Torquay, Victoria, Australia. The type specimen is in the Auckland Museum.
References
- A.W.B. Powell (1944), The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae
- A.W.B. Powell (1944), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum., vol. 3 no. 1, p. 1-68
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q55608117 entry
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