Knefastia chira

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Knefastia chira
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. chira
Binomial name
Knefastia chira
A.A. Olsson, 1931

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

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Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata in northern Peru; age range 37.2 to 33.9 Ma.

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References

  1. "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia chira". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.