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Knefastia kugleri

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Knefastia kugleri
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. kugleri
Binomial name
Knefastia kugleri
P.O. Jung, 1965

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 52 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in upper middle Miocene strata in the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela.

References

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  1. ^ "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia kugleri". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  • P. Jung. 1965. Miocene Mollusca from the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 49(223):389-652