Knefastia chira

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

Knefastia chira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. chira
Binomial name
Knefastia chira
A.A. Olsson, 1931

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: 99โ€“264.


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