Comitas kenneti

Comitas kenneti is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found in Upper Miocene strata of the Wairarapa District.

References

• Beu, A. G. "Bathyal Upper Miocene Mollusca from Wairarapa District, New Zealand." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1970.
• 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.