MolluscaBase - Boreocomitas Hickman, 1976 †

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Boreocomitas Hickman, 1976 †

AphiaID

1317372 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1317372)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pseudomelatomidae J. P. E. Morrison, 1966

Original name

Comitas (Boreocomitas) Hickman, 1976 †

Synonymised names

Comitas (Boreocomitas) Hickman, 1976 † · unaccepted (original rank)

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Species Boreocomitas biconica (Hickman, 1976) †
Species Boreocomitas brevior (Koenen, 1885) †
Species Boreocomitas inouei Amano, Hryniewicz & R. G. Jenkins, 2018 †
Species Boreocomitas oregonensis (Hickman, 1976) †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Comitas (Boreocomitas) Hickman, 1976 †) Hickman C.S. (1976). Bathyal gastropods of the family Turridae in the early Oligocene Keasey Formation in Oregon, with a review of some deep-water genera in the Paleogene of the eastern Pacific. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 70(292): 1-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10666552
page(s): 42 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boreocomitas Hickman, 1976 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1317372 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2018-12-26 17:04:35Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Comitas (Boreocomitas) Hickman, 1976 †) Hickman C.S. (1976). Bathyal gastropods of the family Turridae in the early Oligocene Keasey Formation in Oregon, with a review of some deep-water genera in the Paleogene of the eastern Pacific. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 70(292): 1-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10666552
page(s): 42 [details]