''Comitas raybaudii'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family 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 Pseudomelatomina ...
, the turrids and allies.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas raybaudii Bozzetti, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433365 on 7 June 2018]
Description
The length of the shell attains 46 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off
Somalia.
References
* Bozzetti, L. (1994c) ''Description of a new species of the genus Comitas from North Eastern Somalia''. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology Tokyo, 3, 33–35, pl. 10.
External linkls
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Endemic fauna of Somalia
raybaudii
Gastropods described in 1994
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