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Comitas (Boreocomitas) oregonensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Comitas (Boreocomitas) oregonensis was named by Hickman (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 216393 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 15518, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. fusiformis, C. kaipara, C. kamakurana, C. nana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Comitas (Boreocomitas) oregonensis Hickman p. 43 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 13
1980Comitas (Boreocomitas) oregonensis Hickman p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusComitas
subgenusBoreocomitas
speciesoregonensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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