Knefastia funiculata
Knefastia funiculata | |
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Shell of Knefastia funiculata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. funiculata
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Binomial name | |
Knefastia funiculata (Kiener, 1840)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pleurotoma funiculata Kiener, 1840 |
Knefastia funiculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description[]
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution[]
This marine species occurs off Pacific Mexico to Panama
References[]
- ^ a b Knefastia funiculata (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- Kiener, L. C. "Genre Pleurotome (Pleurotoma Lam.)." Genre (1839): 1.
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
External links[]
- MNHN, Paris : syntype
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Knefastia funiculata
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Categories:
- Knefastia
- Gastropods described in 1840
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs