Biology:Knefastia etteri

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Knefastia etteri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Knefastia
Species:	K. etteri
Binomial name
Knefastia etteri B.M. Landau, F. Da Silva & S.M. Heitz, 2016

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in lower Miocene strata in Venezuela.

External links

• Landau, Bernard M., et al. "Systematics of the gastropods of the Lower–Middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela." Bulletins of American Paleontology 389.390 (2016): 1-582

Wikidata ☰ Q59687999 entry