Knefastia olivacea

Knefastia olivacea
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
Binomial name
Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma olivacea Sowerby I, 1834 Turricula (Knefastia) olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834)

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[]

• 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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