Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Parent taxon: Pseudomelatomidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Darragh 2017, Hickman 1976, Hickman 1980, Ladd 1982, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Boreocomitas, Buridrillia, Pseudomelatoma, Rhodopetoma
Subtaxa: Comitas (Carinocomitas) Comitas silicicola Comitas spencerensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Italy (12)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), Japan (2), New Zealand (10), United States (4: Oregon)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 40 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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