Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Full reference: C. J. Hickman. 1976. Bathyal gastropods of the family Turridae in the Early Oligocene Keasey Formation in Oregon, with a review of some deep-water genera in the Paleocene of the Eastern Pacific. Bulletins of American Paleontology 70(292):1-119
Belongs to Comitas (Boreocomitas) according to C. S. Hickman 1980
See also Hickman 1976
Sister taxa: Boreocomitas inouei, Comitas (Boreocomitas) biconica, Comitas (Boreocomitas) monile
Type specimen: USNM 216393. Its type locality is USGS 15518, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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