''Knefastia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...
.
Taxonomy
This genus was previously included in the subfamily
Cochlespirinae
Cochlespirinae was a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae, commonly named turrids.
It has been raised to the rank of family Cochlespiridae Powell, 1942
Genera
Genera in the subfam ...
of the family
Turridae
Turridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family name for a number of predatory sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Knefastia'' include:
* † ''
Knefastia aenigmatica''
Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016
* ''
Knefastia altenai''
Macsotay & Campos Villarroel, 2001
* † ''
Knefastia chira''
Olsson, 1931
* †''
Knefastia coislinensis''
(Cossman, 1898)
* † ''
Knefastia crassinoda''
(Des Moulins, 1842)
* † ''
Knefastia cubaguaensis''
Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016
* ''
Knefastia dalli''
Bartsch, 1944
* † ''
Knefastia decipiens''
(Deshayes, 1865)
* † ''
Knefastia etteri''
Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016
* ''
Knefastia funiculata''
(Kiener, 1840)
* † ''
Knefastia glypta''
Gardner, 1937
* ''
Knefastia hilli''
Petuch, 1990
* ''
Knefastia howelli''
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
* † ''
Knefastia kugleri''
Jung, 1965
* † ''
Knefastia limonensis''
Olsson, 1922
* † ''
Knefastia lindae''
Petuch, 1994
* ''
Knefastia nigricans''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Knefastia olivacea
''Knefastia olivacea'', common name the olivaceous turris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 45&nb ...
''
(Sowerby I, 1834)
* † ''
Knefastia polygona''
(Deshayes, 1834)
* ''
Knefastia princeps''
Berry, 1953
* † ''
Knefastia rouaulti''
(Cossmann, 1923)
* † ''
Knefastia sainti''
(de Boury, 1899)
* ''
Knefastia tuberculifera''
(Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829)
* ''
Knefastia walkeri''
Berry, 1958
* † ''
Knefastia waltonia''
Gardner, 1937
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Knefastia horrenda''
(Watson, 1886):
synonym of ''
Stenodrillia horrenda''
(R. B. Watson, 1886)
* † ''Knefastia lavinoides''
Olsson, 1922: synonym of † ''
Knefastia limonensis''
Olsson, 1922
References
External links
*
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308Fossilworks: ''Knefastia''MNHN, Paris : ''Knefastia''
Pseudomelatomidae
Gastropod genera
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