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

Knefastia decipiens
Shell of Knefastia decipiens (specimens in MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. decipiens
Binomial name
Knefastia decipiens
(G.P. Deshayes, 1865 )
Synonyms
  • Surcula decipiens (Deshayes, 1865)
  • Turricula (Knefastia) decipiens Deshayes, 1865

Description

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The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in the Paris basin, France.

References

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  1. ^ "WMSD - Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia decipiens". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  • Deshayes, 1865 Description des animaux sans vertèbres, etc., t. III, fasc. 2, in-4°, Paris, 1865. p. 363, pl. LXXXVII, fig. 19, 20.
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pp. 46–65
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 - Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, pp. 65–132 (
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