Knefastia chira
Knefastia chira | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. chira
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Binomial name | |
Knefastia chira A.A. Olsson, 1931
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Knefastia chira is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description[]
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Distribution[]
This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata in northern Peru; age range 37.2 to 33.9 Ma.
References[]
- ^ "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia chira". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- Olsson, Axel Adolf (1931). "Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 4, the Peruvian Oligocene". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 17: 99–264.
External links[]
Categories:
- Knefastia
- Gastropods described in 1931
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs
- Prehistoric gastropod stubs