Knefastia limonensis explained

Knefastia limonensis 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 54 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of northern Costa Rica and Miocene strata of Colombia and Panama; age range: 15.97 to 2.588 Ma

References

• A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
• B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221

External links

• Fossilworks: Knefastia limonensis

Notes and References

1. Web site: WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia limonensis. bagniliggia.it. 8 November 2018.