Paracomitas
Paracomitas is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The genus Paracomitas has a carinate protoconch which lies in the same cone as the spire, thus differing from typical Comitas in which the protoconch is noncarinate, bulbous and tilted. Although the type of Comitas, C. oamarutica, is Drillia-like in the ornamentation of its spire, some species referred to Comitas by Powell on the basis of the protoconch, such as Comitas allani Powell, are similar in adult sculpture to Paracomitas. The protoconch of the species here referred to Paracomitas is small and appears to be slightly tilted, and the last quarter-turn or less is slightly angulate, but not definitely carinate.Species
Species within the genus Paracomitas include:Paracomitas augusta- † Paracomitas beui Maxwell, 1988
- † Paracomitas flemingi
- † Paracomitas gemmea Paracomitas haumuria Beu, 1979
- † Paracomitas protransenna
- † Paracomitas rodgersi MacNeil, 1960 Paracomitas undosa
;Species brought into synonymy:Paracomitas gypsata : synonym of ''Gymnobela gypsata''