Knefastia lindae
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. lindae
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Binomial name | |
Knefastia lindae E. Petuch, 1994
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Knefastia lindae 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 47.5 mm.
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Distribution[]
This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of Florida, USA; age range: 3.6 to 0.781 Ma.
References[]
- ^ "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia lindae". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- Petuch, Edward J. Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells:(pliocene and Pleistocene Marine Gastopods). Chicago Spectrum Press, 1994.
- 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 1994
- Pliocene gastropods
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs
- Prehistoric gastropod stubs