Knefastia aenigmatica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Knefastia aenigmatica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Knefastia |
| Species: | K. aenigmatica
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| Binomial name | |
| Knefastia aenigmatica B.M. Landau, F. Da Silva & S.M. Heitz, 2016
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Description
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in lower Miocene strata in Venezuela.
References
edit- ^ "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia aenigmatica". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
External links
edit- Landau, Bernard M; et al. (2016). "Systematics of the gastropods of the Lower–Middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela" (PDF). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 389–390: 1–582.
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