Knefastia chira
Knefastia chira is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Knefastia chira | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata in northern Peru; age range 37.2 to 33.9 Ma
References
- "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia chira". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- Olsson, Axel Adolf. "Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 4, the Peruvian Oligocene." Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 (1931): 99-264.
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