Knefastia decipiens
Extinct species of gastropod
Knefastia decipiens | |
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Shell of Knefastia decipiens (specimens in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Knefastia |
Species: | K. decipiens |
Binomial name | |
Knefastia decipiens (G.P. Deshayes, 1865 ) | |
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Knefastia decipiens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 20 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in the Paris basin, France.
References
- ^ "WMSD - Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia decipiens". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- Deshayes, 1865 Description des animaux sans vertèbres, etc., t. III, fasc. 2, in-4°, Paris, 1865. p. 363, pl. LXXXVII, fig. 19, 20.
- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pp. 46–65
- Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 - Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, pp. 65–132 (
External links
- MNHN, Paris: Knefastia decipiens
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