Comitas obliquicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Comitas obliquicosta
Original image of a shell of Comitas obliquicosta
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. obliquicosta
Binomial name
Comitas obliquicosta
(von Martens, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula) obliquicosta Martens, 1901
  • Surcula obliquicosta (Martens, 1901)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 47 mm, its diameter 19 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Western Sumatra, Indonesia

References

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  1. ^ a b Comitas obliquicosta (Martens, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.