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Comitas spencerensis

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Comitas spencerensis
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. spencerensis
Binomial name
Comitas spencerensis
E.W.J. Moore, 1962

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

This species was tentatively placed by the author in Comitas, although future studies may prove the need for a new generic name.

Description

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The length of the incomplete shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 10 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this extinct species were found in Miocene strata near Spencer Creek, Astoria formation, Oregon, USA.

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