Knefastia

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

Knefastia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Knefastia Dall, 1919
Type species
Pleurotoma olivacea Sowerby I, 1834 a
Species
See text

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. 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.
• 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