''Comitas'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of medium-sized
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, which are
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...
.
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
Arthur Adams (1820 in Gosport, Hampshire – 1878) was an England, English physician and natural history, naturalist.
Adams was assistant surgeon Royal Navy on board HMS Samarang (1822), HMS ''Samarang'' during the survey of the islands of ...
& 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
''Comitas chuni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas chuni (Martens, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www ...
''
(von Martens, 1902)
* † ''
Comitas clarae''
(G.F. Harris, 1897)
* ''
Comitas crenularoides''
(Pritchard, 1896)
* ''
Comitas curviplicata''
Sysoev, 1996
* † ''
Comitas declivis''
Powell, 1931
* † ''
Comitas dijki''
(K. Martin, 1884) †
* † ''
Comitas dimidiatoaffinis''
Vera-Peláez, 2022
* ''
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
Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a cent ...
, 1895)
* ''
Comitas kayalensis''
Dey, 1962
* † ''
Comitas kenneti''
Beu, 1970
* ''
Comitas kirai''
Powell, 1969
* ''
Comitas kuroharai''
(Oyama, 1962)
* † ''
Comitas latescens
''Comitas latescens'' is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas latescens (Hutton, 1873) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Hutton, 1873)
* † ''
Comitas latiaxialis''
(P. Marshall, 1918)
* ''
Comitas laura''
( Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Comitas lurida''
(A. Adams
Arthur Adams (1820 in Gosport, Hampshire – 1878) was an England, English physician and natural history, naturalist.
Adams was assistant surgeon Royal Navy on board HMS Samarang (1822), HMS ''Samarang'' during the survey of the islands of ...
& 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
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, 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 vegai''
Vera-Peláez, 2022
* ''
Comitas vezo''
Bozzetti, 2001
* ''
Comitas vezzaroi''
Cossignani, 2016
* † ''
Comitas waihaoensis''
Powell, 1942
* † ''
Comitas williamsi
''Comitas williamsi'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas williamsi Marwick, 1965 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
''
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
In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new name is based; the author citation of the new name should include the authors of the basionym in parentheses. The term "basionym" is used in both botan ...
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
*
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308L. 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