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Knefastia

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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

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

Taxonomy

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

Species

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Species within the genus Knefastia include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • 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