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Cominella eocenica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Nassa eocenica was named by Weaver (1912). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 1, Cowlitz Formation, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Amphissa eocenica by Dickerson (1915); it was recombined as Latirus (Peristernia) eocenica by Turner (1938); it was recombined as Cominella eocenica by Effinger (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Nassa eocenica Weaver p. 42 figs. Plate III, Fig. 32
1915Amphissa eocenica Dickerson figs. pl. 8, figs. 6a-6c
1938Cominella eocenica Effinger p. 384 figs. Plate 47, figures 30, 31
1938Latirus (Peristernia) eocenica Turner p. 74

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCominellaGray 1850
specieseocenica()

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.

†Cominella eocenica Weaver 1912
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Diagnosis
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