Knefastia tuberculifera

Knefastia tuberculifera
	Shell of Knefastia tuberculifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Knefastia
Species:	K. tuberculifera
Binomial name
	Knefastia tuberculifera; (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)
Synonyms[1]
	Pleurotoma tuberculifera Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico and down to Nicaragua

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References

Knefastia tuberculifera (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.

Broderip W.J. & Sowerby I G. B. (1829). Observations on new or interesting mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal. 4: 359-379.

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
Gastropods.com: Knefastia tuberculifera

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[WoRMS-1] Knefastia tuberculifera (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.