Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Buccinidae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Buccinoidea Genus Kelletia | |
Kelletia lischkei is a species of large sea snail, or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
Kelletia lischkei is a medium-to-large species of Kelletia The species is endemic to the Sea of Japan, and is found in coastal waters off of South Korea and eastern Japan. K. lischkei has also been found in the Middle Pleistocene fossil record of Japan, and the species bears a resemblance to the extinct fossil species Kelletia brevis.
References
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