Comitas spencerensis

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Comitas spencerensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and relatives.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6UVSAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Comitas+spencerensis%22&pg=PA47 Ellen James Moore, Miocene Marine Mollusks from the Astoria Formation in Oregon; plate 10 fig. 10, 11;Geological Survey Professional Paper 419, 1962]

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

Description

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

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Distribution

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

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External linkls

  • [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/6514000124.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Comitas spencerensis]

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spencerensis

Category:Gastropods described in 1962

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