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Kelletia (Searlesia) dira (dire whelk)
Taxonomy
Buccinum dirum was named by Reeve (1846). It is extant.
It was recombined as Chrysodomus dirus by Carpenter (1863) and Packard (1918); it was recombined as Euthria dira by Tryon (1881); it was recombined as Searlesia dira by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Kelletia (Searlesia) dira by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).
It was recombined as Chrysodomus dirus by Carpenter (1863) and Packard (1918); it was recombined as Euthria dira by Tryon (1881); it was recombined as Searlesia dira by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Kelletia (Searlesia) dira by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Buccinum dirum Reeve figs. Pl. 62, no. 92 |
| 1849 | Fusus incisus Gould p. 141 |
| 1863 | Chrysodomus dirus Carpenter p. 664 |
| 1881 | Euthria dira Tryon p. 151 figs. Pl. 72, Figs. 232, 233 |
| 1916 | Chrysodomus dirus meridiei Moody pp. 52-53 figs. Plate 1, Figures 9a, 9b |
| 1918 | Chrysodomus dirus Packard pp. 330 - 331 figs. Plate 37, figure 3 |
| 1921 | Searlesia dira Dall p. 98 figs. Pl. 8, Fig. 1 |
| 1931 | Kelletia (Searlesia) dira Grant, IV and Gale p. 645 figs. Plate 28, Figure 6 |
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Kelletia (Searlesia) dira Reeve 1846 [dire whelk]
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Invalid names: Chrysodomus dirus meridiei Moody 1916 [invalid subgroup], Fusus incisus Gould 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available