Knefastia limonensis
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. limonensis
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Binomial name | |
Knefastia limonensis (A.A. Olsson, 1922)
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Knefastia limonensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 54 mm.
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Distribution[]
This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of northern Costa Rica and Miocene strata of Colombia and Panama; age range: 15.97 to 2.588 Ma
References[]
- ^ "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia limonensis". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
External links[]
Categories:
- Knefastia
- Gastropods described in 1965
- Miocene gastropods
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs
- Prehistoric gastropod stubs