Kelletia kelletii
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Kelletia kelletii, common name Kellet's whelk, is a species of large sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the whelk family Austrosiphonidae.[3][4][5][6]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
Genus: | Kelletia |
Species: | K. kelletii |
Binomial name | |
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Synonyms | |
Fusus kelletii Forbes, 1850 (original combination) |
Kelletia kelletii is a large scavenger[5][7] and predatory sea snail commonly found in subtidal kelp forests, rocky reefs, and cobble-sand interfaces at depths ranging from 2 to 70 m from Isla Asunción, Baja California, Mexico to Monterey, California, USA.[8] It aggregates seasonally for mating and is slow-growing.[8] It is also a recently targeted fishery species[8] and a subject of a rapidly expanding fishery.[9]