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Paracomitas beui

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Paracomitas beui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Paracomitas
Species:
P. beui
Binomial name
Paracomitas beui
Maxwell, 1988
Synonyms[1]
  • Macrosinus beui (Maxwell, 1988)
  • Paracomitas (Macrosinus) beui Maxwell, 1988 · accepted, alternate representation

Paracomitas beui is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Distribution

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This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Paracomitas beui Maxwell, 1988 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850420 on 2019-01-07
  • Maxwell, P.A. (1988) Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 55, 1–120
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch