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
See also Hickman 1980
Sister taxa: Boreocomitas inouei, Comitas (Boreocomitas) biconica, Comitas (Boreocomitas) oregonensis
Type specimen: USNM 216399. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 15280) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Columbia (USGS 15280) - Hickman (1980)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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