Knefastia olivacea

Knefastia olivacea
Shell of Knefastia olivacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Knefastia
Species:	K. olivacea
Binomial name
Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms [1]
Pleurotoma olivaceaSowerby I, 1834 Turricula (Knefastia) olivacea(Sowerby I, 1834)

Knefastia olivacea, common name the olivaceous turris, 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 45 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found from the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico, to Ecuador. Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata at the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico; age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma; also in Pleistocene strata in Costa Rica

References

1. Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 31 March 2010.

• Sowerby, G. B. "The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells, vol. II." London, pls (1834): 127–262.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Knefastia olivacea
• Natural History Museum Rotterdam: Knefastia olivacea
• Bastida-Zavala, Rolando, García-Madrigal, María del, Rosas-Alquicira, Edgar, López-Pérez, Andrés, Benitez Villalobos, Francisco, Meraz, Juan, Torres, Ana, Montoya-Marquez, José, Barrientos-Luján, Norma Arcelia : Marine and coastal biodiversity of Oaxaca, Mexico, 2013; DOI 10.15560/9.2.329
• M. Glibert. - Les Conacea fossiles du Cénozïque étranger; Collections de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 1960