Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Alternative spellings: Clavatula (Knefastia), Fusuturricula (Kenfastia)
Parent taxon: Turriculinae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Addicott 1970, Durham 1944, Olsson 1931 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austromitra, Bellardithala, Conomitra, Thala, Uromitra, Vexillum, Mariaturricula, Clivuloturris, Paradrillia, Orthosurcula, Fusisyrinx, Austrocarina, Microsurcula, Pseudocochlespira, Makiyamaia, Fusiturricula, Paracomitas, Marshallena, Nodisurculina, Vexitomina, Austrosullivania, Pyramimitra, Cocklespira, Mitridomus
Subtaxa: 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 (3), 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 Peru (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 52 collections including 58 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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