Biology:Comitas rex
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Comitas rex | |
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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. rex
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| Binomial name | |
| Comitas rex Sysoev, 1997
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Comitas rex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]
Description
A solid, fusiform elongated shell, with a thin light brown periostracum. It has a high, turreted spire, with 13.5 whorls. Opposite to the whorl periphery is a reddish-brown band, forming dark rectangular blotches on axial ribs. The length of the shell attains 87 mm, its diameter 27.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas rex Sysoev, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433366 on 2018-06-10
- Sysoev, A., 1997. - Mollusca Gastropoda: New deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 172: 325-35
External links
- Specimen at MNHN, Paris
- "Comitas rex" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_14914.shtml.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
- Biolib.cz: Comitas rex
Wikidata ☰ Q3717661 entry
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