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Comitas peelae

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Comitas peelae
Apertural view of a shell of Comitas peelae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Comitas
Species:
C. peelae
Binomial name
Comitas peelae
Bozzetti, 1993

Comitas peelae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 105 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Réunion and the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas peelae Bozzetti, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433363 on 7 June 2018
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  • "Comitas peelae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.