Kelletia (Searlesia) dira Reeve 1846 (dire whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Buccinum dirum, Chrysodomus dirus, Euthria dira

Synonym: Fusus incisus Gould 1849

Belongs to Kelletia (Searlesia) according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931

See also Soper and Grant, IV 1932

Sister taxa: Searlesia carlsoni, Searlesia dentifera, Searlesia dira, Searlesia mitgaui, Searlesia modesta, Searlesia olympicensis

Subtaxa: Chrysodomus dirus meridiei

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Muir Creek (Oligocene of British Columbia)

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