Knefastia olivacea, common name the olivaceous turris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
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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. olivacea
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| Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834)
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species was found from the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico, to Ecuador. Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata at the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico; age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma; also in Pleistocene strata in Costa Rica
References edit
- ^ a b Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- Sowerby, G. B. "The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells, vol. II." London, pls (1834): 127–262.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knefastia olivacea.
- 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 olivacea
- Natural History Museum Rotterdam: Knefastia olivacea
- Bastida-Zavala, Rolando, García-Madrigal, María del, Rosas-Alquicira, Edgar, López-Pérez, Andrés, Benitez Villalobos, Francisco, Meraz, Juan, Torres, Ana, Montoya-Marquez, José, Barrientos-Luján, Norma Arcelia : Marine and coastal biodiversity of Oaxaca, Mexico, 2013; DOI 10.15560/9.2.329
- M. Glibert. - Les Conacea fossiles du Cénozïque étranger; Collections de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 1960
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