Paracomitas
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Paracomitas is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Turridae
Turridae
Turridae, , is a large taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, that vary in size from minute to moderately large. With more than 4,000 species, the Turridae is the largest mollusk family and group of marine caenogastropods...

, the turrids.

Species

Species within the genus Paracomitas include:
  • Paracomitas augusta
    Paracomitas augusta
    Paracomitas augusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....

    (Murdock & Suter, 1906)
  • Paracomitas gypsata
    Paracomitas gypsata
    Paracomitas gypsata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....

    (Watson, 1881)
  • Paracomitas undosa
    Paracomitas undosa
    Paracomitas undosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....

    (Schepman, 1913)
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