Comitas spencerensis
Appearance
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
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Binomial name | |
Comitas spencerensis E.W.J. Moore, 1962
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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
[edit]The length of the incomplete shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 10 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this extinct species were found in Miocene strata near Spencer Creek, Astoria formation, Oregon, USA.
References
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