Biology:Knefastia chira
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
| Knefastia chira | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Knefastia |
| Species: | K. chira
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| Binomial name | |
| Knefastia chira A.A. Olsson, 1931
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Knefastia chira is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata in northern Peru; age range 37.2 to 33.9 Ma.
References
- Olsson, Axel Adolf (1931). "Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 4, the Peruvian Oligocene". Bulletins of American Paleontology 17: 99–264.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q59687974 entry
