Benthofascis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conorbidae |
Genus: | Benthofascis Iredale, 1936 |
Species | |
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Benthofascis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae.[1][2][3][4]
Like other species in the superfamily Conoidea these snails are predatory and venomous, able to inject neurotoxins into their prey with their radula.
The known living species within the genus Benthofascis are:
There is no known fossil record.[1]