Comitas albicincta
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Comitas albicincta

Comitas albicincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Appearance

G.W. Tryon was of the opinion that this was a more highly colored adult of Drillia putillus (synonym of Clavus putillus (Reeve, 1845)) with the peripheral row of tubercles whitish. He couldn't find other differences.

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The fusiform shell consists of ten whorls. These are transversally crossed by delicate striae. The fulvescent shell shows a white zone that passes over the nodules upon the angle in the center of each whorl. The sinus is small.

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Distribution

Geography

This marine species occurs in the East China Sea and in the South China Sea

References

1. Comitas albicincta Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitas_albicincta

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