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Kelletia dilatata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Kelletia dilatata was named by Quoy and Gaimard (1834). It is extant. It is the type species of Penion.

It was recombined as Penion dilatata by Fischer (1884).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. ecuadoriana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Kelletia dilatata Quoy and Gaimard p. 1294
1884Penion dilatata Fischer p. 625
1983Kelletia dilatata Zinsmeister p. 1294

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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
speciesdilatataQuoy and Gaimard 1834

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 dilatata Quoy and Gaimard 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available