''Comitas chuni'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatominae ...
, the turrids and allies.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas chuni (Martens, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433333 on 2018-06-07]
Description
The length of the shel lattains 90 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Sumatra, Indonesia, and off
Western Australia
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.
References
* Martens, E. von 1902. ''Einige neue Arten von Meer-Conchylien aus den Sammlugen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition.'' Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 9: 237-244
* Powell, A.W.B. 1969. ''The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part. 2. The subfamily Turriculinae''. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(10): 207–415, pls 188–324
External links
*
Biolob.cz: ''Comitas chuni''
chuni
Taxa named by Eduard von Martens
Gastropods described in 1902
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