Comitas torquayensis
| Comitas torquayensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Comitas |
| Species: | C. torquayensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Comitas torquayensis A.W.B. Powell, 1944 | |
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
- Powell, A. W. B. (1944). "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 3–68. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905993. Wikidata Q58676624.