Comitas terrisae
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Comitas terrisae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 20.5 mm, its diameter 7.5 mm.
Distribution
This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils were found in Tertiary strata of Southeast Wairarapa
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch