Comitas peelae

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

Comitas peelae
Apertural view of a shell of Comitas peelae
Scientific classification
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

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Réunion and the Philippines.

References

1. 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 2018-06-07

• * L. 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)

External links

• "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.