Knefastia limonensis

Knefastia limonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Knefastia
Species:	K. limonensis
Binomial name
Knefastia limonensis (A.A. Olsson, 1922)
Synonyms
† Fusiturricula lavinoidesA.A. Olsson 1922 † Knefastia lavinoides(A.A. Olsson, 1922) † Turricula lavinoides limonensisA.A. Olsson, 1922

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 54 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of northern Costa Rica and Miocene strata of Colombia and Panama; age range: 15.97 to 2.588 Ma

References

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

• A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
• B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221

External links

• Fossilworks: Knefastia limonensis