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Knefastia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

Taxonomy
Knefastia was named by Dall (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant. Its type is Pleurotoma olivacea.

It was reranked as Clavatula (Knefastia) by Durham (1944); it was reranked as Fusuturricula (Kenfastia) by Nowell-Usticke (1969).

It was assigned to Turridae by Olsson (1931); to Clavatula by Durham (1944); to Fusuturricula by Nowell-Usticke (1969); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turriculinae by Addicott (1970) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Knefastia Dall
1931Knefastia Olsson p. 119
1944Clavatula (Knefastia) Durham
1969Fusuturricula (Kenfastia) Nowell-Usticke p. 21
1970Knefastia Addicott p. 131
2002Knefastia Sepkoski
2010Knefastia Landau and Marques da Silva p. 107

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

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.

G. Knefastia Dall 1919
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Knefastia chira Olsson 1931
Knefastia garcesana Addicott 1970
Knefastia hilli Petuch 1990
Knefastia limonensis Olsson 1922
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Invalid names: Knefastia lavinoides Olsson 1922 [synonym]
Knefastia lindae Petuch 1994
Knefastia olivacea Sowerby I 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available