Comitas onokeana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas onokeana King, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599031 on 2018-06-14 Comitas onokeana has a subspecies called Comitas onokeana vivens.Dell, 1956New Zealand Mollusca: Comitas onokeanus vivens
Description
The length of the shell attains 30 mm, its diameter is 12 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils have been found in Tertiary strata of southern Wairarapa.
References
King, L. C. "Tertiary molluscan faunas from the southern Wairarapa." Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 63. 1933. 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. Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links
Auckland Museum: Comitas onokeana