Knefastia kugleri

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

Knefastia kugleri
Scientific classification
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

Description

The length of the shell attains 52 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  • P. Jung. 1965. Miocene Mollusca from the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 49(223):389-652


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