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Paracominia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Paracominia was named by Powell and Bartrum (1929) [Age: Otaian (Early Miocene) Further information in Beu and Maxwell (1990) [A. Hendy]].

It was assigned to Buccinidae by Beu et al. (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Paracominia Powell and Bartrum
1990Paracominia Beu et al. p. 413

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusParacominiaPowell and Bartrum 1929

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. †Paracominia Powell and Bartrum 1929
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Otaian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 21.70000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) P. sp. (35656)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand P. sp. (77489)