Knefastia funiculata

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

Knefastia funiculata
Shell of Knefastia funiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. funiculata
Binomial name
Knefastia funiculata
(Kiener, 1840)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma funiculata Kiener, 1840

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Pacific Mexico to Panama

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References
  1. 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
  • MNHN, Paris : syntype
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Knefastia funiculata


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