Comispira obtusigemmata
| Comispira obtusigemmata | |
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| shell of Comispira obtusigemmata (holotype at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Comispira |
| Species: | C. obtusigemmata |
| Binomial name | |
| Comispira obtusigemmata ( Schepman, 1913) | |
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Comispira obtusigemmata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlespiridae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 22.5 mm, its diameter 9.5 mm.
(Original description) The thin shell is broadly fusiform, with a pyramidal spire and a rather long, slender siphonal canal. Its color is yellowish grey. The protoconch of the largest specimen is wanting,. The 6 remaining whorls are not very convex, but apparently so by a row of coarse, obtuse, rounded beads, near the base of upper whorls and the periphery of the body whorl, where they are 14 in number; a second row of small tubercles, rounded in upper whorls, having the character of oblique folds on lower ones, runs just below the deep suture, on a subsutural rib. The lower on the shell is lirate, 2 faint lirae in the interstices of the peripheral beads, 2 strong ones below the beads of the body whorl and numerous fainter ones on the base and the siphonal canal. The shell is covered with very fine growth lines. The body whorl is strongly attenuated below. The aperture is oval, angular above, ending in a rather long, narrow siphonal canal below. The peristome is thin, with a wide, rather shallow sinus above, then strongly protracted. The columellar margin is rather straight, directed to the left near and along the siphonal canal, with a thin layer of white enamel.[2]
Discussion
The species is characterized by a subsutural row of rounded knobs. This is not found in any species of Leucosyrinx or Comitas, but on the contrary present in all species of Sibogasyrinx and Comispira. In shell shape and sculpture the species is quite similar to Comispira mai (Li & Li, 2008) (Kantor et al. 2018), differing in a slightly shorter shell and larger knobs on the shell periphery. Therefore, Surcula obtusigemmata is transferred to Comispira. Conchologically, the species is very similar to Comispira subsuturalis (von Martens, 1901) and both species can be conspecific. Presently, we recognize both species as valid due to significant distance between collecting sites – East Africa for C. subsuturalis and Indonesia for C. obtusigemmata.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Makassar Strait, Indonesia at depths between 472 m and 1788 m.
References
- 1 2 Comispira obtusigemmata(Schepman, 1913). 23 July 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Kantor, Y. I.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 999: 112. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Comitas obtusigemmata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Biolib.cz: Comitas obtusigemmata
