Knefastia Dall 1919

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

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)

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