Knefastia cubaguaensis

Extinct species of gastropod

Knefastia cubaguaensis
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. cubaguaensis
Binomial name
Knefastia cubaguaensis
B.M. Landau, F. Da Silva & S.M. Heitz, 2016

Knefastia cubaguaensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in lower Pliocene strata in Venezuela.

References

  1. ^ "Worldwide Mollusc Species Database: Knefastia cubaguaensis". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  • Landau, Bernard M., et al. "Systematics of the gastropods of the Lower–Middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela." Bulletins of American Paleontology 389.390 (2016): 1-582


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