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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).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. acutinodosa, C. chattonensis, C. crozieri, C. deserta, C. eburnea, C. eocenia, C. mayeri, C. montensis, C. pachecoi, C. patagonica, C. patagonica, C. tasmanica, C. tumida, C. dingleyi, C. hendersoni, C. okinavensis, C. altispira, C. glandiformis, C. ottoi, C. ottoi, C. pukeuriensis

Synonymy list

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

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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	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Cominella	Gray 1850
species	eocenica	()

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

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:10:04

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:10:04

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Amphissa eocenica (241815)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Oregon)	Latrius eocenica (200874 200886 200892)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Washington)	Amphissa eocenica (207129) Latirus eocenica (52204 52207 203164) Nassa eocenica (type locality: 139020)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Amphissa eocenica (202067) Cominella eocenica (40733)