Knefastia walkeri

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Knefastia walkeri
Knefastia walkeri 002.jpg
Shell of Knefastia walkeri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. walkeri
Binomial name
Knefastia walkeri
Berry, 1958

Knefastia walkeri 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 37 mm and 67 mm.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico

References[]

  1. ^ a b Knefastia walkeri Berry, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  • Berry, Samuel Stillman. "West American molluscan miscellany. II." Leaflets in Malacology 1.16 (1958): 91-98.

External links[]

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Knefastia walkeri


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