Siphonalia (Kelletia) mekranica Vredenburg 1925 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350

Belongs to Siphonalia (Kelletia) according to M. W. A. Iqbal 1980

See also Vredenburg 1925

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) iravadica, Siphonalia (Kelletia) kelletii, Siphonalia (Kelletia) merriami, Siphonalia (Kelletia) nodulosa, Siphonalia (Kelletia) subspadicea

Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Pakistan (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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