Kelletia lischkei is a species of large sea snail, or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Austrosiphonidae.[1]
| Kelletia lischkei Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent, | |
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| Two live Kelletia lischkei snails | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
| Genus: | Kelletia |
| Species: | K. lischkei |
| Binomial name | |
| Kelletia lischkei (Oyama, K., 1951) | |
Description
Kelletia lischkei is a medium-to-large species of buccinid whelk.[2][3]
Distribution
The species is endemic to the Sea of Japan, and is found in coastal waters off of South Korea[4] and eastern Japan.[2] Fossils of K. lischkei occur in the Middle Pleistocene fossil record of Japan,[5] and the species bears a resemblance to the extinct fossil species Kelletia brevis.[6]