Comitas fusiformis

Comitas fusiformis is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies^[1]

Comitas fusiformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Comitas
Species:	C. fusiformis
Binomial name
*Comitas fusiformis* (Hutton, 1877)
Synonyms^[1]
† Drillia fusiformis Hutton, 1877 (original combination) † Pleurotoma trailli Hutton, 1873 (homonym, already published in May 1873) † Surcula huttoni Suter, 1914 † Surcula oamarutica Suter, 1917

Distribution edit

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas fusiformis (Hutton, 1877) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831462 on 2018-06-10

Hutton, F. W. "Report on the geology of the north-east portion of the South Island, from Cook Straits to the Rakaia." Report on Geological Explorations during 1873 74 (1877): 27–58.
Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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