Searlesia modesta Gould 1860 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative combination: Buccinum modestum
Synonym: Searlesia fuscolabiata Smith 1874
Belongs to Searlesia according to T. Okutaini 2000
Sister taxa: Searlesia carlsoni, Searlesia dentifera, Searlesia dira, Searlesia mitgaui, Searlesia olympicensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Off Kawashiri-misaki - Early Pleistocene, Yamaguchi Prefecture (Quaternary of Japan)
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