''Comitas exstructa'' is a
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of
sea snail, a
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gastropod mollusc in the
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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 ...
.
[WoRMS (2015). Comitas exstructa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433339 on 2016-06-16]
Description
The length of the shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the
Nicobar Islands at depths of more than 800 m.
References
External links
Martens, Eduard von, - Thiele, Johannes, Die beschalten Gasteropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898-1899; Jena,G. Fischer,1904*
exstructa
Taxa named by Eduard von Martens
Gastropods described in 1904
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