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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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