Knefastia polygona

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Knefastia polygona
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Shell of Knefastia polygona (Specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. polygona
Binomial name
Knefastia polygona
(G.P. Deshayes, 1834 )
Synonyms
  • Surcula polygona(Deshayes, 1834)
  • Turricula (Knefastia) polygonaDeshayes, 1834

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in the Paris basin, France.

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References

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