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Comitas

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Comitas was named by Finlay (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 530]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Turriculidae by Hickman (1980); to Turridae by Ladd (1982); to Turriculinae by Hickman (1976) and Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pseudomelatomidae by Bouchet et al. (2011) and Darragh (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Comitas Finlay
1976Comitas Hickman p. 41
1980Comitas Hickman p. 80
1982Comitas Ladd p. 63
1994Comitas Wilson p. 187
2002Comitas Sepkoski
2011Comitas Bouchet et al. p. 296
2017Comitas Darragh p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusComitasFinlay 1926

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.

G. Comitas Finlay 1926
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Subg. †Comitas (Carinocomitas) Powell 1944
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†Comitas silicicola Darragh 2017
†Comitas spencerensis Moore 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) C. sp., C. silicicola, C. aldingensis (205816)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) C. waihaoensis (45037 45041)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Victoria) C. cudmorei (71236)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Central Otago) C. sp. (35126)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand C. fusiformis (67598)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Fiji (Vitu Levu) C. waluensis, C. sp. A (179499)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand C. fusiformis (67826 67827)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) C. kaipara (84915)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand C. fusiformis (77489)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan C. sp. (203413)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) C. spencerensis (39805)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand C. fusiformis (67822 67897 67898 67899 67911)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Oregon) C. spencerensis (39605 39606 39799)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan C. sp. (44960)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand C. nana, C. gagei, C. sp. C (63089)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Siena) C. dimidiata, C. intermedia (71093)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy C. intermedia (71156)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy (Siena) C. intermedia (71102)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Fiji C. nausorensis (78066)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Tuscany) C. intermedia (71158)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy C. dimidiata (71091 71128 71157 71206) C. dimidiata, C. intermedia (71086) C. intermedia (71130 71202 71204)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy C. dimidiata (71087)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia C. margaritae (67971)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu C. kamakurana (78042)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu C. kamakurana (78043)