Knefastia olivacea
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Shell of Knefastia olivacea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. olivacea
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Binomial name | |
Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834)
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Knefastia olivacea, common name the olivaceous turris, 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 45 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution[]
This marine species was found from the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico, to Ecuador. Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata at the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico; age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma; also in Pleistocene strata in Costa Rica
References[]
- ^ a b Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- Sowerby, G. B. "The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells, vol. II." London, pls (1834): 127–262.
External links[]
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Knefastia olivacea
- Natural History Museum Rotterdam: Knefastia olivacea
- Bastida-Zavala, Rolando, García-Madrigal, María del, Rosas-Alquicira, Edgar, López-Pérez, Andrés, Benitez Villalobos, Francisco, Meraz, Juan, Torres, Ana, Montoya-Marquez, José, Barrientos-Luján, Norma Arcelia : Marine and coastal biodiversity of Oaxaca, Mexico, 2013; DOI 10.15560/9.2.329
- M. Glibert. - Les Conacea fossiles du Cénozïque étranger; Collections de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 1960
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