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. J. Hickman 1976
Sister taxa: Boreocomitas inouei, Comitas (Boreocomitas) monile, Comitas (Boreocomitas) oregonensis
Type specimen: USNM 216397. Its type locality is USGS 15533, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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