Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative spellings: Chrysodomus (Kelletia), Kelletia, Kellettia
Parent taxon: Siphonalia according to J. W. Ruth 1942
See also Abbott 1974, Addicott 1970, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Dey 1961, Glenn 1904, Hendy 2020, Hickman 2015, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Marquet 2005, Moore 1992, Mukerjee 1939, Riedel 1933, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Vredenburg 1923
Sister taxa: Siphonalia (Eosiphonalia), Siphonalia (Nassicola), Siphonalia (Siphonalia), Siphonalia acuta, Siphonalia ariejansseni, Siphonalia belenensis, Siphonalia bryani, Siphonalia calvertana, Siphonalia cassidariaeformis, Siphonalia cotteri, Siphonalia danvillensis, Siphonalia devexus, Siphonalia guineensis, Siphonalia hadlockensis, Siphonalia ishikariana, Siphonalia jacksonia, Siphonalia johnsoni, Siphonalia lineata, Siphonalia longirostris, Siphonalia nigeriensis, Siphonalia nipponica, Siphonalia nuntia, Siphonalia paradoxica, Siphonalia phosoidea, Siphonalia roblini, Siphonalia rodeoensis, Siphonalia sakakurai, Siphonalia shojii, Siphonalia signa, Siphonalia spatiosa, Siphonalia sullivani, Siphonalia supragranulata, Siphonalia teglandae, Siphonalia tessaria, Siphonalia trilica, Siphonalia vistaensis, Siphonalia washingtonensis
Subtaxa: Chrysodomus (Kelletia) constricta Kelletia (Kelletia) Kelletia dilatata Kelletia ecuadorium Kelletia kelletii Kelletia lorata Kelletia posoensis 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: Fusus kelletii
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Mexico (7), United States (14: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (6), Fiji (1), Japan (1), United States (5: California)
• Miocene of Germany (1), India (4), Japan (1), Myanmar (2), Pakistan (2), United States (2: California)
• Oligocene of Myanmar (1), Pakistan (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of United States (21: California)
• Paleocene of Belgium (2), Germany (1)
Total: 75 collections including 80 occurrences