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Comitas declivis

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Comitas declivis
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. declivis
Binomial name
Comitas declivis
A.W.B. Powell, 1931

Comitas declivis 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 Lower Pliocene strata (Waitotaran) near the mouth of the Waihi stream, Hāwera.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas declivis Powell, 1931 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831461 on 2018-06-28
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1931). "Waitotaran Faunules of the Wanganui System and Descriptions of New Species of Mollusca from the New Zealand Pliocene". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 85–112. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905938. Wikidata Q58676540.
  • 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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