Siphonalia (Kelletia) iravadica Vredenburg 1921 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1921. Results of a revision of some portions of Dr Noetling's second monograph on the Tertiary fauna of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 51:224-302

Belongs to Siphonalia (Kelletia) according to E. Vredenburg 1923

Sister taxa: 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) kelletii, Siphonalia (Kelletia) mekranica, Siphonalia (Kelletia) merriami, Siphonalia (Kelletia) nodulosa, Siphonalia (Kelletia) subspadicea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Minbu (Sitsayan stage), which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Sitsayan Formation of Myanmar

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Minbu (Sitsayan stage)

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