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Kelletia kelletii (Kellet's whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Fusus kelletii was named by Forbes (1852) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Recent.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Siphonalia kellettii by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Siphonalia (Kelletia) kelletii by Vredenburg (1923), Ruth (1942); it was recombined as Kelletia (Kelletia) kelletii by Grant, IV and Gale (1931) and Willett (1937); it was misspelled as Kelletia kelleti by Valentine (1957); it was recombined as Kelletia kelletii by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. ecuadoriana, K. montis, K. hosiusi, K. montis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2020-02-10

Synonyms
  • Fusus roperi was named by Dall (1898). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Fusus (Roperia) roperi by Dall (1902); it was recombined as Fusinus (Roperia) roperi by Dall (1921); it was synonymized subjectively with Kelletia (Kelletia) kelletii by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Fusus kelletii Forbes
1852Fusus kelletii Forbes p. 274 figs. pl. 9, fig. 10
1898Fusus roperi Dall p. 4
1902Fusus (Roperia) roperi Dall figs. Pl. 34 Fig. 3
1903Siphonalia kellettii Arnold
1921Fusinus (Roperia) roperi Dall p. 88
1923Siphonalia (Kelletia) kelletii Vredenburg p. 66
1931Kelletia (Kelletia) kelletii Grant, IV and Gale p. 642 figs. Plate 28, Figure 7
1937Kelletia (Kelletia) kelletii Willett
1942Siphonalia (Kelletia) kelletii Ruth p. 296 figs. PI. 48, fig. 5
1957Kelletia kelleti Valentine p. 298
2021Kelletia kelletii Hendy

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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
specieskelletii(Forbes 1852)

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 kelletii Forbes 1852 [Kellet's whelk]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Kelletia kelleti (194894)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Kelletia kelletii (97233 97242)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Kelletia kelletii (200398 238418 238435 238437 238460 238605)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Kelletia kelleti (96592 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Kelletia kelletii (37938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Kelletia kelleti (202968 203105 203114) Kelletia kelletii (203113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Kelletia kelletii (96566 160361 219029 219030 240555 240615 240635) Siphonalia kellettii (222660 222661 222662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Kelletia kelleti (67613 67641 67643 67644)