Biology:Knefastia cubaguaensis

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

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

Knefastia cubaguaensis 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 Pliocene 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 ☰ Q59687987 entry