Marine Species Traits - Paracomitas A. W. B. Powell, 1942

WoRMS taxon details

Paracomitas A. W. B. Powell, 1942

AphiaID

432526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432526)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Surcula castlecliffensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919 † accepted as Paracomitas gemmea (Murdoch, 1900) † (type by original designation)

Parent

Pseudomelatomidae J. P. E. Morrison, 1966

Original name

Paracomitas A. W. B. Powell, 1942

Synonymised names

Macrosinus Beu, 1970 · unaccepted

Paracomitas (Macrosinus) Beu, 1970 · alternative representation

Paracomitas (Paracomitas) A. W. B. Powell, 1942 · alternative representation

Direct children (8)

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Species Paracomitas augusta (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Species Paracomitas haumuria Beu, 1979
Species Paracomitas undosa (Schepman, 1913)
Species Paracomitas gypsata (R. B. Watson, 1881) accepted as Gymnobela gypsata (R. B. Watson, 1881) accepted as Austrobela gypsata (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Paracomitas (Macrosinus) Beu, 1970 represented as Paracomitas A. W. B. Powell, 1942
1. Species Paracomitas (Macrosinus) haumuria Beu, 1979 represented as Paracomitas haumuria Beu, 1979
Subgenus Paracomitas (Paracomitas) A. W. B. Powell, 1942 represented as Paracomitas A. W. B. Powell, 1942
1. Species Paracomitas (Paracomitas) augusta (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) represented as Paracomitas augusta (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Powell, A. W. B. (1942). The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 1-188, 14 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59480782
page(s): 61 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Paracomitas A. W. B. Powell, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432526 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-02 08:31:10Z

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Tucker, John

2010-01-21 11:31:04Z

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Tran, Bastien

2011-08-03 20:35:42Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2012-06-01 22:45:04Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2016-02-07 21:41:32Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-07-24 01:08:17Z

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Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Powell, A. W. B. (1942). The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 1-188, 14 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59480782
page(s): 61 [details]

original description (of Macrosinus Beu, 1970) Beu, A. G. (1970). Bathyal Upper Miocene Mollusca from Wairarapa District, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Earth Sciences. 7(12): 209-240.
page(s): 231 [details]

Other

additional source Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details]

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