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 
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| 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 | |
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† 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
External links
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