Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Austrosiphonidae
Parent taxon: Austrosiphonidae according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022
See also Beu et al. 1990, Palmer and Brann 1966, Pérez et al. 2026, Sepkoski 2002, Wilson 1994 and Zinsmeister 1983
Sister taxa: Antarctoneptunea, Austrosipho, Kelletia, Serratifusus
Subtaxa: Penion australocapax Penion bellus Penion darwinianus Penion delabechii Penion marwicki Penion subrectus
Type: Kelletia dilatata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Chile (8), New Zealand (4)
• Miocene of Argentina (8), Australia (2), Chile (2), New Zealand (12)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (8), United States (35: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of France (1), Greenland (3)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)
Total: 88 collections including 102 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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