Knefastia funiculata | |
---|---|
Shell of Knefastia funiculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. funiculata |
Binomial name | |
Knefastia funiculata (Kiener, 1840) | |
Synonyms | |
Pleurotoma funiculata Kiener, 1840 |
Knefastia funiculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2018) |
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Pacific Mexico to Panama
References
- ^ Knefastia funiculata (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- Kiener, L. C. "Genre Pleurotome (Pleurotoma Lam.)." Genre (1839): 1.
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
External links
- MNHN, Paris : syntype
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Knefastia funiculata
Taxon identifiers | |
---|---|
Knefastia funiculata |
This Pseudomelatomidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |