Knefastia olivacea

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Knefastia olivacea
Shell of Knefastia olivacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. olivacea
Binomial name
Knefastia olivacea
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma olivacea Sowerby I, 1834
  • Turricula (Knefastia) olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834)

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]

The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.

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