MolluscaBase taxon details
Comitas fusiformis (F. W. Hutton, 1877) †
831462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:831462)
accepted
Species
Drillia fusiformis F. W. Hutton, 1877 † · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Pleurotoma trailli F. W. Hutton, 1873b † · unaccepted (invalid: not Hutton, 1873....)
invalid: not Hutton, 1873. Pleurotoma fusiformis is next available name
Surcula huttoni Suter, 1914 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Surcula oamarutica Suter, 1917 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Drillia fusiformis F. W. Hutton, 1877 †) Hutton, F. W. (1877). Descriptions of some new Tertiary Mollusca from Canterbury. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 9: 593-598.
page(s): 595 [details]
page(s): 595 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Comitas fusiformis (F. W. Hutton, 1877) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831462 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Surcula oamarutica Suter, 1917 †) Suter, H. (1917). Descriptions of new Tertiary Mollusca occurring in New Zealand, accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 5: i-vi, 1-93., available online at https://archive.org/details/materialsforpala19thom/page/n407/mode/2up
page(s): 51, pl. 6, figs 9-10 [details]
original description (of Drillia fusiformis F. W. Hutton, 1877 †) Hutton, F. W. (1877). Descriptions of some new Tertiary Mollusca from Canterbury. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 9: 593-598.
page(s): 595 [details]
original description (of Surcula huttoni Suter, 1914 †) Suter, H. (1914) Revision of the Tertiary Mollusca of New Zealand, based on type material. Part I. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 2, 1–64, 17 pls.
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma trailli F. W. Hutton, 1873b †) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp.
page(s): 4 [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
page(s): 51, pl. 6, figs 9-10 [details]
original description (of Drillia fusiformis F. W. Hutton, 1877 †) Hutton, F. W. (1877). Descriptions of some new Tertiary Mollusca from Canterbury. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 9: 593-598.
page(s): 595 [details]
original description (of Surcula huttoni Suter, 1914 †) Suter, H. (1914) Revision of the Tertiary Mollusca of New Zealand, based on type material. Part I. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 2, 1–64, 17 pls.
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma trailli F. W. Hutton, 1873b †) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp.
page(s): 4 [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
