Kelletia posoensis Anderson and Martin 1914 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Siphonalia (Kelletia) posoensis, Siphonalia posoensis

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112

Belongs to Kelletia according to W.O. Addicott 1970

See also Anderson and Martin 1914 and Ruth 1942

Sister taxa: Chrysodomus (Kelletia) constricta, Kelletia (Kelletia), Kelletia dilatata, Kelletia ecuadorium, Kelletia kelletii, Kelletia lorata, Kelletia rugosa, Kelletia vladimiri, Siphonalia (Kelletia) carquinensis, Siphonalia (Kelletia) indica, Siphonalia (Kelletia) iravadica, Siphonalia (Kelletia) kelletii, Siphonalia (Kelletia) mekranica, Siphonalia (Kelletia) merriami, Siphonalia (Kelletia) nodulosa, Siphonalia (Kelletia) subspadicea

Type specimen: CAS 174

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Kelletia posoensis in the database

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