Knefastia kugleri is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Knefastia kugleri | |
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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. kugleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Knefastia kugleri P.O. Jung, 1965
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 52 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in upper middle Miocene strata in the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela.
References
edit- ^ "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia kugleri". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- P. Jung. 1965. Miocene Mollusca from the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 49(223):389-652
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