Knefastia tuberculifera
Knefastia tuberculifera | |
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Shell of Knefastia tuberculifera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. tuberculifera |
Binomial name | |
Knefastia tuberculifera (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pleurotoma tuberculifera Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829 |
Knefastia tuberculifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico and down to Nicaragua
References
[edit]- ^ a b Knefastia tuberculifera (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knefastia tuberculifera.
- 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 tuberculifera