Knefastia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Taxonomy This genus was previously included in the subfamily Cochlespirinae of the family Turridae.
Species Species within the genus Knefastia include: † Knefastia aenigmatica Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016 Knefastia altenai Macsotay & Campos Villarroel, 2001 † Knefastia chira Olsson, 1931 †Knefastia coislinensis (Cossman, 1898) † Knefastia crassinoda (Des Moulins, 1842) † Knefastia cubaguaensis Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016 Knefastia dalli Bartsch, 1944 † Knefastia decipiens (Deshayes, 1865) † Knefastia etteri Landau, Da Silva & Heitz, 2016 Knefastia funiculata (Kiener, 1840) † Knefastia glypta Gardner, 1937 Knefastia hilli Petuch, 1990 Knefastia howelli (Hertlein & Strong, 1951) † Knefastia kugleri Jung, 1965 † Knefastia limonensis Olsson, 1922 † Knefastia lindae Petuch, 1994 Knefastia nigricans (Dall, 1919) Knefastia olivacea (Sowerby I, 1834) † Knefastia polygona (Deshayes, 1834) Knefastia princeps Berry, 1953 † Knefastia rouaulti (Cossmann, 1923) † Knefastia sainti (de Boury, 1899) Knefastia tuberculifera (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829) Knefastia walkeri Berry, 1958 † Knefastia waltonia Gardner, 1937 Species brought into synonymy Knefastia horrenda (Watson, 1886): synonym of Stenodrillia horrenda (R. B. Watson, 1886) † Knefastia lavinoides Olsson, 1922: synonym of † Knefastia limonensis Olsson, 1922
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Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308 Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae Fossilworks: Knefastia MNHN, Paris : Knefastia