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Kelletia
Sign in to saveKelletia is a genus of large sea snails, whelks, a marine gastropod molluscs in the whelk family Austrosiphonidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyAustrosiphonidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 174
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Buccinidae
- Collections
- LACM, PRI, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Kelletia is a genus of large sea snails, whelks, a marine gastropod molluscs in the whelk family Austrosiphonidae.
==Distribution== One extant species Kelletia lischkei occurs in the Sea of Japan off the coasts of Japan and South Korea, and another K. kelletii is found of along the coasts of California, United States and in the Baja California, Mexico.
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