| Comitas rex | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Comitas |
| Species: | C. rex
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| Binomial name | |
| Comitas rex Sysoev, 1997
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Comitas rex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies1
Description
A solid, fusiform elongated shell, with a thin light brown periostracum. It has a high, turreted spire, with 13.5 whorls. Opposite to the whorl periphery is a reddish-brown band, forming dark rectangular blotches on axial ribs. The length of the shell attains 87 mm, its diameter 27.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia.
References
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas rex Sysoev, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433366 on 2018-06-10
- Sysoev, A., 1997. – Mollusca Gastropoda: New deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 172: 325-35
External links
External links
- Specimen at MNHN, Paris
- "Comitas rex". 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.
- Biolib.cz: Comitas rex