Comitas terrisae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Comitas terrisae Vella, 1954 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831471 on 2018-06-26.pdf
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.
References
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
External links P. Vella, Tertiary Mollusca from Southeast Wairarapa, p. 548 pl. 27 fig.24;, 25; New Zealand Geological Survey, 1953