Knefastia dalli, common name Dall's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
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| Shell of Knefastia dalli (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
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. dalli
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| Knefastia dalli Bartsch, 1944
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 70 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico.
References
edit- ^ a b Knefastia dalli Bartsch, 1944. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- Bartsch, 1944; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 57:28
- Audubon - Field Guide to North American Shells; ISBN 0-394-51913-2
External links
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Knefastia dalli
- Malacologia v. 20 (1980-1981) p. 426; Knefastia dalli : radula
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