Knefastia hilli
Knefastia hilli | |
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Shell of Knefastia hilli | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. hilli
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Binomial name | |
Knefastia hilli Petuch, 1990
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Knefastia hilli 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 35 mm and 58 mm.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama.
References[]
- ^ a b Knefastia hilli Petuch, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
External links[]
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- E. Petuch, A new Molluscan Faunule from the Caribbean Coast of Panama; The Nautilus v. 104 (1990); Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, American Malacologists, Inc. Delaware Museum of Natural History.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Knefastia hilli
Categories:
- Knefastia
- Gastropods described in 1990
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs