Kelletia vladimiri Kanakoff 1954 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: G. P. Kanakoff. 1954. A new Kelletia from the Pliocene of California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 52(2):114-117

Belongs to Kelletia according to G. P. Kanakoff 1954

Sister taxa: Chrysodomus (Kelletia) constricta, Kelletia (Kelletia), Kelletia dilatata, Kelletia ecuadorium, Kelletia kelletii, Kelletia lorata, Kelletia posoensis, Kelletia rugosa, 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 specimen: LACMIP 1097, a shell. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 291, Sand Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, which is in a Pliocene marine siltstone in the Pico Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 291, Sand Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains

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