Knefastia hilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Knefastia hilli | |
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| Shell of Knefastia hilli | |
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. hilli
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| Binomial name | |
| Knefastia hilli Petuch, 1990
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 58 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama.
References edit
- ^ a b Knefastia hilli Petuch, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knefastia hilli.
- E. Petuch, A new Molluscan Faunule from the Caribbean Coast of Panama; The Nautilus v. 104 (1990); Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, American Malacologists, Inc. Delaware Museum of Natural History.
- 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 hilli
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