Knefastia funiculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Knefastia funiculata | |
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| Shell of Knefastia funiculata | |
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. funiculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Knefastia funiculata (Kiener, 1840)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma funiculata Kiener, 1840 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Knefastia funiculata (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- Kiener, L. C. "Genre Pleurotome (Pleurotoma Lam.)." Genre (1839): 1.
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knefastia funiculata.
- MNHN, Paris : syntype
- 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 funiculata
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