Knefastia limonensis

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

Knefastia limonensis
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. limonensis
Binomial name
Knefastia limonensis
(A.A. Olsson, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Fusiturricula lavinoides A.A. Olsson 1922
  • Knefastia lavinoides (A.A. Olsson, 1922)
  • Turricula lavinoides limonensis A.A. Olsson, 1922

Description

The length of the shell attains 54 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of northern Costa Rica and Miocene strata of Colombia and Panama; age range: 15.97 to 2.588 Ma

References

  • A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
  • B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221


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