Kelletia lischkei
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Kelletia lischkei Temporal range: Middle to Recent, 0.13–0.00 Ma |
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| Three Kelletia lischkei snails | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Kelletia |
| Species: | K. lischkei |
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Kelletia lischkei (Oyama, K., 1951) |
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clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Kelletia lischkei is a species of large sea snail, or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Kelletia lischkei is a medium-to-large species of buccinid whelk.
The species is endemic to the Sea of Japan, and is found in coastal waters off of South Korea and eastern Japan. Fossils of K. lischkei occur in the Middle fossil record of Japan, and the species bears a resemblance to the extinct fossil species Kelletia brevis.
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