Knefastia

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

Knefastia
Knefastia dalli
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Taxonomy

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

Species

Species within the genus Knefastia include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  • 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


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