Knefastia walkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Knefastia walkeri
Shell of Knefastia walkeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. walkeri
Binomial name
Knefastia walkeri
Berry, 1958

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 37 mm and 67 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico

References edit

  1. ^ a b Knefastia walkeri Berry, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  • Berry, Samuel Stillman. "West American molluscan miscellany. II." Leaflets in Malacology 1.16 (1958): 91-98.

External links edit

  • 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 walkeri