Anticomitas

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Speciesbox

|image=

|image_caption=

|genus=Anticomitas

|parent_authority=Powell, 1942

|species=vivens

|authority=Powell, 1942

}}

Anticomitas vivens is a species of sea snail in the family Pseudomelatomidae.{{r|wormssp}} It is the only species in the genus Anticomitas.{{r|wormsgen}}

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand, where it occurs off Three Kings Islands.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{WRMS species|432394|Anticomitas Powell, 1942||16 April 2010}}

{{WRMS species|432979|Anticomitas vivens Powell, 1942||31 March 2010}}

}}

  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp. 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch