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Comitas sobrinaeformis Nomura, 1937

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Pseudomelatomidae »  genus Comitas

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Paleontology

Range — Japan, lower or middle Pliocene of Tonohama.
Remarks — The author of this species considered its generic position doubtful but referred it provisionally to Turricula, and remarked that "it somewhat resembles T. sobrina (Yokoyama) and T. kamakurana (Pilsbry) from Japan. However the present species differs from the two above mentioned forms, not only in its outline but also in sculpture".
Although the apical whorls are missing, the general facies, the style of sculpture in particular, suggests Comitas as the most likely genus. From sobrina, this species is distinguished by its more broadly fusiform shape and more numerous axial folds.
Powell, A.W.B., 1969.The family Turridae in the Indo-pacific. Part 2: The subfamily Turriculinae.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Comitas sobrinaeformis Nomura, 1937]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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extinct taxon

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