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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. cudmorei, C. dimidiata, C. fusiformis, C. gagei, C. intermedia, C. kaipara, C. kamakurana, C. nana, C. nausorensis, C. waihaoensis, C. waluensis, C. margaritae

Synonymy list

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

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Pseudomelatomidae	(McLearn 1971)
genus	Comitas
subgenus	Boreocomitas
species	oregonensis

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 (Boreocomitas) oregonensis Hickman 1976

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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 Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Oregon)	Comitas oregonensis (40197 40204)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Oregon)	Comitas oregonensis (type locality: 207524)