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Boreocomitas

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Boreocomitas was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Comitas (Boreocomitas) by Hickman (1976).

It was assigned to Comitas by Hickman (1976); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pseudomelatomidae by Amano et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Comitas (Boreocomitas) Hickman p. 42
2002Boreocomitas Sepkoski
2018Boreocomitas Amano et al. p. 118

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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)
genusBoreocomitas

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.

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Boreocomitas inouei Amano et al. 2018
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 Selandian to the top of the Rupelian or 61.60000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Japan (Hokkaido) B. inouei (206290)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) Comitas biconica (207526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Comitas sp. (5946)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Comitas biconica (207520) Comitas monile (40199) Comitas oregonensis (40197 40204)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Comitas oregonensis (207524)