Comitas spencerensis
Extinct species of gastropod
Comitas spencerensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Comitas |
Species: | C. spencerensis |
Binomial name | |
Comitas spencerensis E.W.J. Moore, 1962 |
Comitas spencerensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
This species was tentatively placed by the author in Comitas, although future studies may prove the need for a new generic name.
Description
The length of the incomplete shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 10 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this extinct species were found in Miocene strata near Spencer Creek, Astoria formation, Oregon, USA.
References
- ^ Ellen James Moore, Miocene Marine Mollusks from the Astoria Formation in Oregon; plate 10 fig. 10, 11;Geological Survey Professional Paper 419, 1962
External linkls
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Comitas spencerensis
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