Kelletia (Searlesia) dira Reeve 1846 (dire whelk)
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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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Muir Creek (Oligocene of British Columbia)
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