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Knefastia olivacea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma olivacea was named by Sowerby I (1833). It is extant. It is the type species of Knefastia.

It was recombined as Knefastia olivacea by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. glypta, K. pennyi, K. waltonia, Turricula andesita, Turricula angolensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pleurotoma olivacea Sowerby I
2010Knefastia olivacea Landau and Marques da Silva p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyCostellariidaeMacDonald 1860
genusKnefastiaDall 1919
speciesolivacea(Sowerby I 1833)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Knefastia olivacea Sowerby I 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available