Comitas

''Comitas'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae.WoRMS (2010). Comitas Finlay, 1926. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432433 on 2011-07-10

Species and subspecies

Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus ''Comitas'' include:

* † '' Comitas abnormis'' L. C. King, 1933
* ''Comitas aequatorialis'' (Thiele, 1925)
* ''Comitas albicincta'' ( A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* † ''Comitas aldingensis'' Powell, 1944
* † ''Comitas allani'' Powell, 1942
* ''Comitas anteridion'' (Watson, 1881)
* ''Comitas arcana'' ( E. A. Smith, 1899)
* † '' Comitas bilix'' Marwick, 1931
* ''Comitas bolognai'' Bozzetti, 2001
* ''Comitas breviplicata'' ( E. A. Smith, 1899)
* ''Comitas chuni'' (von Martens, 1902)
* † ''Comitas clarae'' (G.F. Harris, 1897)
* ''Comitas crenularoides'' (Pritchard, 1896)
* ''Comitas curviplicata'' Sysoev, 1996
* † ''Comitas declivis'' Powell, 1931
* ''Comitas elegans'' Sysoev, 1996
* ''Comitas ensyuensis'' (Shikama & Hayashi in Shikama, 1977)
* ''Comitas erica'' (Thiele, 1925)
* ''Comitas eurina'' ( E. A. Smith, 1899)
* ''Comitas exstructa'' (von Martens, 1904)
* † ''Comitas fusiformis'' (Hutton, 1877)
* † ''Comitas gagei'' Maxwell, 1988
* ''Comitas galatheae'' Powell, 1969
* '' Comitas granuloplicata'' Kosuge, 1992
* ''Comitas halicyria'' (Melvill, 1904)
* ''Comitas hayashii'' (Shikama, 1977)
* ''Comitas ilariae'' Bozzetti, 1991
* † '' Comitas imperfecta'' L. C. King, 1933
* ''Comitas kaderlyi'' (Lischke, 1872)
* † ''Comitas kaipara'' Laws, 1939
* '' Comitas kamakurana'' ( Pilsbry, 1895)
* ''Comitas kayalensis'' Dey, 1962
* † ''Comitas kenneti'' Beu, 1970
* ''Comitas kirai'' Powell, 1969
* ''Comitas kuroharai'' (Oyama, 1962)
* † '' Comitas latescens'' (Hutton, 1873)
* † ''Comitas latiaxialis'' (P. Marshall, 1918)
* ''Comitas laura'' (Thiele, 1925)
* ''Comitas lurida'' ( A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* ''Comitas makiyamai'' Shuto, 1961
* '' Comitas malayana'' (Thiele, 1925)
* ''Comitas margaritae'' ( E. A. Smith, 1904)
* ''Comitas melvilli'' (Schepman, 1913)
* ''Comitas miyazakiensis'' Shuto, 1961
* ''Comitas murrawolga'' (Garrard, 1961)
* † '' Comitas nana'' Maxwell, 1988
* ''Comitas oahuensis'' Powell, 1969
* ''Comitas obliquicosta'' (Martens, 1901)
* ''Comitas obtusigemmata'' (Schepman, 1913)
* '' Comitas onokeana'' King, 1933
** ''Comitas onokeana vivens'' Dell, 1956
* ''Comitas opulenta'' (Thiele, 1925)
* ''Comitas pachycercus'' Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
* ''Comitas pagodaeformis'' (Schepman, 1913)
* '' Comitas parvifusiformis'' Li & Li, 2008
* ''Comitas paupera'' (Watson, 1881)
* '' Comitas peelae'' Bozzetti, 1993
* '' Comitas powelli'' Rehder & Ladd, 1973
* † ''Comitas pseudoclarae'' A.W.B. Powell, 1944
* ''Comitas raybaudii'' Bozzetti, 1994
* † '' Comitas recticosta'' (Bellardi, 1847)
* ''Comitas rex'' Sysoev, 1997
* ''Comitas rotundata'' (Watson, 1881)
* ''Comitas saldanhae'' (Barnard, 1958)
* † '' Comitas salebrosa'' (G.F. Harris, 1897)
* ''Comitas saudesae'' Cossignani, 2018
* † ''Comitas silicicola'' Darragh, 2017
* † ''Comitas sobrina'' (M. Yokoyama, 1923 )
* † ''Comitas sobrinaeformis'' S. Nomura, 1937
* † ''Comitas spencerensis'' E.J. Moore, 1962
* ''Comitas stolida'' (Hinds, 1843)
* † ''Comitas subcarinapex'' Powell, 1942
* ''Comitas subsuturalis'' (von Martens, 1901)
* ''Comitas suluensis'' Powell, 1969
* ''Comitas suratensis'' (Thiele, 1925)
* † ''Comitas terrisae'' Vella, 1954
* ''Comitas thisbe'' ( E. A. Smith, 1906)
* † ''Comitas torquayensis'' Powell, 1944
* ''Comitas trailli'' ( Hutton, 1873)
* ''Comitas vezo'' Bozzetti, 2001
* ''Comitas vezzaroi'' Cossignani, 2016
* † '' Comitas waihaoensis'' Powell, 1942
* † ''Comitas williamsi'' Marwick, 1965
* ''Comitas wynyardensis'' (G.B. Pritchard, 1896)
* † ''Comitas yokoyamai'' K. Oyama, 1954

;Synonyms:
* ''Comitas aemula'' Angas, 1877: synonym of ''Comitas trailli'' (Hutton, 1873)
* ''Comitas claviforma'' Kosuge, 1992 is a basionym for '' Leucosyrinx claviforma'' (Kosuge, 1992)Tucker, J. (2009). Leucosyrinx claviforma (Kosuge, 1992). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434213 on 2010-04-16
* ''Comitas kaderleyi'' Lischke, 1872: synonym of ''Comitas kaderlyi'' (Lischke, 1872)
* ''Comitas luzonica'' Powell, 1969: synonym of ''Leucosyrinx luzonica'' (Powell, 1969)
* ''Comitas subcorpulenta'' Smith, 1894: synonym of:''Borsonia symbiotes subcorpulenta'' (Smith, 1894)
* ''Comitas symbiotes'' (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891): synonym of ''Borsonia symbiotes'' (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
* ''Comitas undosa'' Schepman, 1913: synonym of '' Paracomitas undosa'' (Schepman, 1913)
* ''Comitas verrucosa'' Suter, 1899: synonym of ''Comitas trailli'' (Hutton, 1873)
* ''Comitas yukiae'' (Shikama, 1962): synonym of ''Antiplanes yukiae'' (Shikama, 1962)

References

* Powell, A.W.B. 1966. ''The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species''. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
* Wilson, B. 1994. ''Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods.'' Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

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External links

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Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308



L. Bozzetti, Description of a new species of the genus Comitas Finlay, 1926 from the Philippines and Reunion (Gastropoda, Turridae); Bull. Inst. Malac. Tokyo 3 (1): 1-3 (1993)

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Pseudomelatomidae
Taxa named by Harold John Finlay