Knefastia

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Knefastia

Knefastia dalli
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:  | Knefastia
Dall, 1919
Type species
Pleurotoma olivacea

Sowerby I, 1834

Species

See text

Knefastia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Species
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Taxonomy

This genus was previously included in the subfamily Cochlespirinae of the family Turridae.

## Species

Species within the genus Knefastia include:

* † Knefastia aenigmatica Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016
* Knefastia altenai Macsotay & Campos Villarroel, 2001[2]
* † Knefastia chira Olsson, 1931
* †Knefastia coislinensis (Cossman, 1898)
* † Knefastia crassinoda (Des Moulins, 1842)
* † Knefastia cubaguaensis Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016
* Knefastia dalli Bartsch, 1944[3]
* † Knefastia decipiens (Deshayes, 1865)
* † Knefastia etteri Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016
* Knefastia funiculata (Kiener, 1840)[4]
* † Knefastia glypta Gardner, 1937
* Knefastia hilli Petuch, 1990[5]
* Knefastia howelli (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)[6]
* † Knefastia kugleri Jung, 1965
* † Knefastia limonensis Olsson, 1922
* † Knefastia lindae Petuch, 1994
* Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834)[7]
* † Knefastia polygona (Deshayes, 1834)
* Knefastia princeps Berry, 1953[8]
* † Knefastia rouaulti (Cossmann, 1923)
* † Knefastia sainti (de Boury, 1899)
* Knefastia tuberculifera (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)[9]
* Knefastia walkeri Berry, 1958[10]
* † Knefastia waltonia Gardner, 1937

Species brought into synonymy

* Knefastia horrenda (Watson, 1886):[11] synonym of Stenodrillia horrenda (R. B. Watson, 1886)
* † Knefastia lavinoides Olsson, 1922: synonym of † Knefastia limonensis Olsson, 1922
* Knefastia nigricans (Dall, 1919): synonym of Crassispira maura (Sowerby I, 1834)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Knefastia Dall, 1919. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
2. ↑ Knefastia altenai Macsotay & Campos Villarroel, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
3. ↑ Knefastia dalli Bartsch, 1944. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
4. ↑ Knefastia funiculata (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
5. ↑ Knefastia hilli Petuch, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
6. ↑ Knefastia howelli (Hertlein & Strong, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
7. ↑ Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
8. ↑ Knefastia princeps Berry, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
9. ↑ Knefastia tuberculifera (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
10. ↑ Knefastia walkeri Berry, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
11. ↑ Knefastia horrenda (Watson, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
* Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
* Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae
* Fossilworks: Knefastia
* MNHN, Paris : Knefastia

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