Kelletia
| Kelletia | |
|---|---|
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| A live Kelletia kelletii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Kelletia Bayle in P. Fischer, 1884[1] |
Kelletia is a genus of large sea snails, whelks, a marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
A molecular phylogeny of Buccinidae based on the complete 16S mitochondrial gene suggested that Kelletia is a sister clade to Penion, a genus located in waters off New Zealand and Australia.[2]
Species
- † Kelletia ecuadorium Olsson, 1964[3]
- Kelletia lischkei (Kuroda, T., 1938)
- Kelletia kelletii (Forbes, 1850)[4]
- † Kelletia rugosa Olsson, 1964[3]
References
- ↑ Bayle in: Fischer P. (1884). Man. Conch., 625.
- ↑ Hayashi, S. 2005. The molecular phylogeny of the Buccinidae (Caenogastropoda: Neogastropoda) as inferred from the complete mitochondrial 16s rRNA gene sequences of selected representatives. Molluscan Research, 25: 85–98.
- 1 2 "Kelletia (Kelletia) Fischer 1884 (true whelk)". Paleobiology Database, accessed 9 February 2013.
- ↑ Fraussen, K. (2012). Kelletia kelletii (Forbes, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491054 on 2013-02-09
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