Knefastia polygona
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Shell of Knefastia polygona (Specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. polygona
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Binomial name | |
Knefastia polygona (G.P. Deshayes, 1834 )
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Knefastia polygona 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 20 mm.
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Distribution[]
This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in the Paris basin, France.
References[]
- ^ "WMSD - Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia polygona". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- Deshayes, G. P., 1834–1835, Description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris, t. II, fasc. 5 et 6, in-4°, Paris, 1834–1835.
- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pp. 46–65
- Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, pp. 65–132
- Caze (B.), Merle (D.), Saint Martin (J.-P.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 2012 Les mollusques éocènes se dévoilent sous ultraviolets. Fossiles. Revue française de paléontologie, t. hors série n° 3, pp. 15–56
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Categories:
- Knefastia
- Gastropods described in 1834
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs
- Prehistoric gastropod stubs