WoRMS name details

Comitas opulenta (Thiele, 1925)

433358  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:433358)

 unaccepted
Species
marine
(of Surcula opulenta Thiele, 1925) Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
page(s): 192 [226], pl. 27, fig. 15. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Taxonomic remark Bozzetti (1993) without any discussion and without referring to the original binomen erroneously attributed the species to...  
Taxonomic remark Bozzetti (1993) without any discussion and without referring to the original binomen erroneously attributed the species to Comitas. Surcula oppulenta was synonimized with Tropidoturris scitecostata by Kilburn (1986).  [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Comitas opulenta (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433358 on 2026-05-23
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2009-12-02 09:46:51Z
created
2025-06-27 10:36:44Z
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2025-06-29 11:34:39Z
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2026-05-06 11:44:47Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Surcula opulenta Thiele, 1925) Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
page(s): 192 [226], pl. 27, fig. 15. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference Bozzetti, L. (1993). Description of a new species of the genus <i>Comitas</i> Finlay, 1926, from the Philippines and the Reunion (Gastropoda: Turridae). <em>Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology Tokyo.</em> 3: 1-3, 1 pl. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Bozzetti (1993) without any discussion and without referring to the original binomen erroneously attributed the species to Comitas. Surcula oppulenta was synonimized with Tropidoturris scitecostata by Kilburn (1986).  [details]