Knefastia Dall 1919 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Alternative spellings: Clavatula (Knefastia), Fusuturricula (Kenfastia), Turricula (Knefastia)

Parent taxon: Pseudomelatomidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011

See also Addicott 1970, Durham 1944, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Olsson 1931 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abyssocomitas, Aguilaria, Anticomitas, Antimelatoma, Antiplanes, Austrotoma, Benthodaphne, Boreocomitas, Burchia, Buridrillia, Calcatodrillia, Carinodrillia, Carinoturris, Cheungbeia, Comitas, Compsodrillia, Conorbela, Conticosta, Crassiclava, Crassispira, Cretaspira, Dallspira, Doxospira, Epideira, Funa, Gibbaspira, Glossispira, Hindsiclava, Hormospira, Inquisitor, Kurilohadalia, Kurodadrillia, Leucosyrinx, Lioglyphostoma, Lioglyphostomella, Maesiella, Megasurcula, Meggittia, Miraclathurella, Monilispira, Naudedrillia, Otitoma, Paracomitas, Pilsbryspira, Plicisyrinx, Pseudomelatoma, Pseudotaranis, Ptychobela, Pyrgospira, Rhodopetoma, Sediliopsis, Shutonia, Striospira, Tiariturris, Viridrillia, Zonulispira, Clavatoma

Subtaxa: Clavatula (Knefastia) tuberculifera Knefastia chira Knefastia funiculata Knefastia garcesana Knefastia hilli Knefastia limonensis Knefastia lindae Knefastia olivacea

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Type: Pleurotoma olivacea

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), Panama (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), Panama (4), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (17), Grenada (1), Panama (3), United States (8: Florida), Venezuela (6)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (2)

• Eocene of Angola (1), Peru (1), Venezuela (1)

Total: 55 collections including 61 occurrences

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