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Boreocomitas oregonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	†Boreocomitas
Species:	†B. oregonensis
Binomial name
†Boreocomitas oregonensis (Hickman, 1976)
Synonyms
† Comitas (Boreocomitas) oregonensis Hickman, 1976 (basionym)

Boreocomitas oregonensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Oregon, USA.

References

1. 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

• 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. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 70(292): 1-119

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