Comitas saldanhae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Comitas saldanhae | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Comitas saldanhae | |
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. saldanhae
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| Binomial name | |
| Comitas saldanhae (Barnard, 1958)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Turris saldanhae Barnard, 1958 (original combination) | |
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Orange River, South Africa
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas saldanhae (Barnard, 1958). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433368 on 2018-06-24
- Barnard, 1958. Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine mollusca Part I. Gastropoda. Posobranchiata, Toxoglossa.
- Nolf F. (2011) A northern range extension for Comitas saldanhae (Barnard, 1958) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae). Neptunea 10(2): 1–4
External links edit
- Biolib.cz: Comitas saldanhae
- "Comitas saldanhae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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