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Knefastia lindae

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Knefastia lindae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. lindae
Binomial name
Knefastia lindae
E. Petuch, 1994

Knefastia lindae 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 47.5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of Florida, USA; age range: 3.6 to 0.781 Ma.

References

  1. ^ "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia lindae". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  • Petuch, Edward J. Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells:(pliocene and Pleistocene Marine Gastopods). Chicago Spectrum Press, 1994.
  • B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221