Knefastia tuberculifera
Knefastia tuberculifera | |
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Shell of Knefastia tuberculifera | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. tuberculifera
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Binomial name | |
Knefastia tuberculifera (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pleurotoma tuberculifera Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829 |
Knefastia tuberculifera 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 40 mm and 80 mm.
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Distribution[]
This marine species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico and down to Nicaragua
References[]
- ^ a b Knefastia tuberculifera (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knefastia tuberculifera. |
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Knefastia tuberculifera
Categories:
- Knefastia
- Gastropods described in 1829
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs