Comitas bilix is an extinct species of sea snail that was endemic to New Zealand. It lived during the Tertiary period. Fossils have been found in strata from the Gisborne District. Comitas bilix is classified as a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Comitas bilix is an extinct species of sea snail that was endemic to New Zealand. It lived during the Tertiary period. Fossils have been found in strata from the Gisborne District. Comitas bilix is classified as a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Comitas bilix is an extinct species of sea snail that was endemic to New Zealand. It lived during the Tertiary period. Fossils have been found in strata from the Gisborne District. Comitas bilix is classified as a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Comitas bilix is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids Comitas bilix and allies.[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Description Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Distribution Subclass: Caenogastropoda This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils have Order: Neogastropoda been found in Tertiary strata of the Gisborne District Superfamily: Conoidea
References Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas 1. MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas bilix Marwick, 1931 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species Species: C. bilix at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php? Binomial name p=taxdetails&id=831460 on 2018-06-27 Comitas bilix Marwick, John. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne Marwick, 1931 District. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Geological Survey Branch, 1931. 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.
External links Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (http://www. mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf) (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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