Boreocomitas oregonensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]
Boreocomitas oregonensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | †Boreocomitas |
Species: | †B. oregonensis
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Binomial name | |
†Boreocomitas oregonensis (Hickman, 1976)
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Synonyms | |
† Comitas (Boreocomitas) oregonensis Hickman, 1976 (basionym) |
Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Oregon, USA.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boreocomitas oregonensis (Hickman, 1976) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1317398 on 2021-03-27
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