Biology:Knefastia polygona

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Knefastia polygona
Knefastia polygona 001.jpg
Shell of Knefastia polygona (Specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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) polygona Deshayes, 1834

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  • Deshayes, G. P., 1834–1835, Description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris, t. II, fasc. 5 et 6, in-4°, Paris, 1834–1835.
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pp. 46–65
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, pp. 65–132
  • Caze (B.), Merle (D.), Saint Martin (J.-P.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 2012 Les mollusques éocènes se dévoilent sous ultraviolets. Fossiles. Revue française de paléontologie, t. hors série n° 3, pp. 15–56

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q59688044 entry