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Comitas spencerensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Comitas spencerensis was named by Moore (1963). Its type specimen is USNM 563197 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. fusiformis, C. kaipara, C. kamakurana, C. nana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Comitas spencerensis Moore p. 47 figs. Plate 10, figures 10, 11

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusComitasFinlay 1926
speciesspencerensis

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 spencerensis Moore 1963
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Comitas spencerensis (39805)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Comitas spencerensis (39605 39606 39799)