Knefastia decipiens
Knefastia decipiens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Knefastia decipiens | |
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| Shell of Knefastia decipiens (specimens in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Knefastia |
| Species: | K. decipiens |
| Binomial name | |
| Knefastia decipiens (G.P. Deshayes, 1865 ) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 20 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in the Paris basin, France.
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References
- "WMSD - Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia decipiens". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- Deshayes, 1865 Description des animaux sans vertèbres, etc., t. III, fasc. 2, in-4°, Paris, 1865. p. 363, pl. LXXXVII, fig. 19, 20.
- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pp. 46–65
- Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 - Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, pp. 65–132 (
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