Comitas albicincta

Comitas albicincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Comitas albicincta
Drawing of a shell of Comitas albicincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Comitas
Species:	C. albicincta
Binomial name
Comitas albicincta A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Synonyms[1]
Drillia albicincta (Adams & Reeve, 1850) Pleurotoma albicincta Adams & Reeve, 1850 (original combination)

Description

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 could not find other differences.^[2]

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.^[3]

Distribution

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