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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Comitas (Genus)
> trailli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Comitas (Carinacomitas) Powell, 1942
=Turricula (Comitas) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma trailli Hutton, 1873
=Surcula verrucosa Suter, 1899
Images: Comitas trailli (Hutton, 1873)
Dredged 88 metres, Otago Shelf, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected NZ - no other data (M.00058). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Comitas (Genus)
> trailli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Comitas (Carinacomitas) Powell, 1942
=Turricula (Comitas) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma trailli Hutton, 1873
=Surcula verrucosa Suter, 1899
Details: Comitas trailli (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 28mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
Foveaux Strait and Stewart Island, from 44-55m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.229)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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