Comitas
Encyclopedia
Comitas is a genus
of medium-sized sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Turridae
, the turrids.
Synonyms:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of medium-sized sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
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Turridae
Turridae
Turridae, , is a large taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, that vary in size from minute to moderately large. With more than 4,000 species, the Turridae is the largest mollusk family and group of marine caenogastropods...
, the turrids.
Species and subspecies
Species and subspecies (indented) in the genus Comitas include:- Comitas aequatorialisComitas aequatorialisComitas aequatorialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(ThieleJohannes ThieleJohannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
, 1925) - Comitas albicinctaComitas albicinctaComitas albicincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(A. AdamsArthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
& ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1850) - Comitas anteridionComitas anteridionComitas anteridion is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Watson, 1881) - Comitas arcanaComitas arcanaComitas arcana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1899) - Comitas bolognaiComitas bolognaiComitas bolognai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Bozzetti, 2001 - Comitas breviplicataComitas breviplicataComitas breviplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1899) - Comitas chuniComitas chuniComitas chuni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(von Martens, 1902) - Comitas curviplicataComitas curviplicataComitas curviplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Sysoev, 1996 - Comitas elegansComitas elegansComitas elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Sysoev, 1996 - Comitas ensyuensisComitas ensyuensisComitas ensyuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Shikama & Hayashi in Shikama, 1977) - Comitas ericaComitas ericaComitas erica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(ThieleJohannes ThieleJohannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
, 1925) - Comitas eurinaComitas eurinaComitas eurina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1899) - Comitas exstructaComitas exstructaComitas exstructa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(von Martens, 1903) - Comitas fusiformisComitas fusiformisComitas fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
- Comitas gageiComitas gageiComitas gagei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
- Comitas galatheaeComitas galatheaeComitas galatheae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1969 - Comitas granuloplicataComitas granuloplicataComitas granuloplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Kosuge, 1992 - Comitas halicyriaComitas halicyriaComitas halicyria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Melvill, 1904) - Comitas hayashiiComitas hayashiiComitas hayashii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Shikama, 1977) - Comitas ilariaeComitas ilariaeComitas ilariae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Bozzetti, 1991 - Comitas kaderlyiComitas kaderlyiComitas kaderlyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Lischke, 1872) - Comitas kamakuranaComitas kamakuranaComitas kamakurana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
, 1895) - Comitas kiraiComitas kiraiComitas kirai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1969 - Comitas kuroharaiComitas kuroharaiComitas kuroharai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Oyama, 1962) - Comitas lauraComitas lauraComitas laura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(ThieleJohannes ThieleJohannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
, 1925) - Comitas luridaComitas luridaComitas lurida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(A. AdamsArthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
& ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1850) - Comitas luzonicaComitas luzonicaComitas luzonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1969 - Comitas malayanaComitas malayanaComitas malayana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(ThieleJohannes ThieleJohannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
, 1925) - Comitas margaritaeComitas margaritaeComitas margaritae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1904) - Comitas melvilliComitas melvilliComitas melvilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Schepman, 1913)
- Comitas monileComitas monileComitas monile is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
- Comitas murrawolgaComitas murrawolgaComitas murrawolga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Garrard, 1961) - Comitas nanaComitas nanaComitas nana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
- Comitas oahuensisComitas oahuensisComitas oahuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1969 - Comitas obliquicostaComitas obliquicostaComitas obliquicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Martens, 1901) - Comitas obtusigemmataComitas obtusigemmataComitas obtusigemmata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Schepman, 1913) - Comitas onokeanaComitas onokeanaComitas onokeana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
King, 1933- Comitas onokeana vivensComitas onokeana vivensComitas onokeana vivens is a subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956
- Comitas onokeana vivens
- Comitas opulentaComitas opulentaComitas opulenta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(ThieleJohannes ThieleJohannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
, 1925) - Comitas oregonensisComitas oregonensisComitas oregonensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
- Comitas pachycercusComitas pachycercusComitas pachycercus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.-References:* Sysoev & Bouchet . Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 185 :271-320...
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001 - Comitas pagodaeformisComitas pagodaeformisComitas pagodaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Schepman, 1913) - Comitas parvifusiformisComitas parvifusiformisComitas parvifusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Li & Li, 2008 - Comitas pauperaComitas pauperaComitas paupera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Watson, 1881) - Comitas peelaeComitas peelaeComitas peelae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Bozzetti, 1993 - Comitas powelliComitas powelliComitas powelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Rehder & Ladd, 1973 - Comitas raybaudiiComitas raybaudiiComitas raybaudii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Bozzetti, 1994 - Comitas rexComitas rexComitas rex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Sysoev, 1997 - Comitas rotundataComitas rotundataComitas rotundata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Watson, 1881) - Comitas saldanhaeComitas saldanhaeComitas saldanhae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Barnard, 1958) - Comitas spencerensisComitas spencerensisComitas spencerensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
- Comitas stolidaComitas stolidaComitas stolida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Hinds, 1843) - Comitas subsuturalisComitas subsuturalisComitas subsuturalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(von Martens, 1902) - Comitas suluensisComitas suluensisComitas suluensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1969 - Comitas suratensisComitas suratensisComitas suratensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Thiele, 1925) - Comitas symbiotesComitas symbiotesComitas symbiotes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) - Comitas terrisaeComitas terrisaeComitas terrisae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
- Comitas thisbeComitas thisbeComitas thisbe is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1906) - Comitas trailliComitas trailliComitas trailli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1873) - Comitas undosaComitas undosaComitas undosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Schepman, 1913) - Comitas vezoComitas vezoComitas vezo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
Bozzetti, 2001 - Comitas waihaoensisComitas waihaoensisComitas waihaoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
- Comitas yukiaeComitas yukiaeComitas yukiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Shikama, 1962)
Synonyms:
- Comitas claviforma Kosuge, 1992 is a basionymBasionymBasionym is a term used in botany, regulated by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature...
for Leucosyrinx claviformaLeucosyrinx claviformaLeucosyrinx claviforma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
(Kosuge, 1992)