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Comitas spencerensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Comitas spencerensis was named by Moore (1963). Its type specimen is USNM 563197 and is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Comitas spencerensis Moore p. 47 figs. Plate 10, figures 10, 11

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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)
genusComitasFinlay 1926
speciesspencerensis

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.

†Comitas spencerensis Moore 1963
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Diagnosis
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