Knefastia

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

Knefastia
Knefastia dalli
Scientific classification
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:

• † 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 nigricans (Dall, 1919)
• 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