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Kelletia (Kelletia) gilberti

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Siphonalia gilberti was named by Moody (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 11077, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3030, Fourth Street and Broadway Street, Los Angeles, which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Fernando Formation of California.

It was recombined as Cantharus gilberti by Waterfall (1929); it was recombined as Kelletia (Kelletia) gilberti by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Siphonalia gilberti Moody p. 51 figs. Plate 1, Figures 5a, 5b
1929Cantharus gilberti Waterfall p. 89
1931Kelletia (Kelletia) gilberti Grant, IV and Gale p. 644

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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
subgenusKelletia(Fischer 1884)
speciesgilberti()

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Siphonalia gilberti (type locality: 186031)