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Kelletia posoensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Siphonalia posoensis was named by Anderson and Martin (1914). Its type specimen is CAS 174 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 126, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

It was recombined as Kelletia (Kelletia) posoensis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Siphonalia (Kelletia) posoensis by Ruth (1942); it was recombined as Kelletia posoensis by Addicott (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. ecuadoriana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Siphonalia posoensis Anderson and Martin pp. 79-80 figs. pl. 4, fig. 2
1931Kelletia (Kelletia) posoensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 644
1942Siphonalia (Kelletia) posoensis Ruth p. 297 figs. Pl. 48, fig. 6
1970Kelletia posoensis Addicott p. 91 figs. Plate 10, figures 20, 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusKelletiaAdams 1863
speciesposoensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Kelletia posoensis Anderson and Martin 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available