Knefastia lindae is an extinct macrobenthic species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description First described by Edward James Petuch in 1994, the length of the shell attains around 47.5 mm. He described the shell as fusiform and biconic with a "high, stepped spire" and "whorls with 8 large undulating axial ribs" each discontinued at bulge." Additionally, the shell has "secondary spiral cord between most pairs of primary cords " Lastly, he describes the siphonal canal is long and wide. He notes similarity to Knefestia glypta.
Distribution This extinct marine species has only been found in Pliocene and Pleistocene strata of Florida, United States; age range: 3.6 to 0.781 Ma.
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum (BMSM) database contains two entries for Knefestia lindae both from Hendry Country, Florida, United States. Florida University's database contains 4 entries. Two entries are Pleistocene fossils found at Hendry County's Griffin Bothers Pit 1 and Cochran Shell Pit in the Caloosahatche and Bermont formation. The remaining two fossils are Pliocene recovered from Sarasota County's Macasphalt Shell Pit B in the Tamiami Formation’s Pinecrest Beds.
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) claims the Paleobiology Database (PBDB) has one "occurrence" of the species. However, while the PBDB has a Knefastia Lindae description, it appears unclear whether they possess a specimen.
Etymology According to Petuch's 1994 species description, the "lindae" of "Knefestia lindae" is named after his wife Linda Joyce Petuch.
References
B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
External links Fossilworks: Knefastia lindae