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Comitas stolida
	Shell of Comitas stolida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Comitas
Species:	C. stolida
Binomial name
	Comitas stolida; (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma stolidaHinds, 1843; Turris stolida (Hinds, 1843);

Comitas stolida , common name the Agulhas comitas, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 55 mm.^[2] The shell is spindle-shaped with an elevated spire. Whorls are angled at the periphery, featuring distinct, obliquely elongated nodules that resemble ribs. Otherwise, the shell is sculpted only by growth lines and fine, closely spaced spiral threads. The outer lip has a moderately deep, U-shaped anal sinus just below the suture, with a convex edge below this point.^[2]

The shell is brown to reddish-brown, the peripheral nodules are whitish.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to South Africa and occurs off the south coast and the Agulhas Bank,at depths between 60 m and 150 m.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Comitas stolida(Hinds, 1843). 26 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Pretoria: Malachite Marketing and Media. p. 289. doi:10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001. ISBN 978-1-86868-098-6. Retrieved 17 October 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163
Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. published by the authors. p. 207.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Hinds, R.B. (1843). "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1843 (11): 37.
Biolib.cz: Comitas stolida
"Comitas stolida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
Powell, A. W. B (1969). "The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 2. The subfamily Turriculinae". Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 2 (10): 267.

[WoRMS-1] Comitas stolida(Hinds, 1843). 26 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[Herbert-2] Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Pretoria: Malachite Marketing and Media. p. 289. doi:10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001. ISBN 978-1-86868-098-6. Retrieved 17 October 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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