Benthofascis
| 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.
Species
The known living species within the genus Benthofascis are:
- Benthofascis angularis Tucker, Tenorio & Stahlschmidt, 2011
- Benthofascis biconica (Hedley, 1903)
- Benthofascis conorbioides Tucker, Tenorio & Stahlschmidt, 2011
- Benthofascis lozoueti Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
- Benthofascis pseudobiconica Tucker, Tenorio & Stahlschmidt, 2011
- Benthofascis sarcinula (Hedley, 1905)
There is no known fossil record.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp., at pp. 134-135.)
- ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- ↑ Tucker J.K., Tenorio M.J., & Stahlschmidt P. (2011) The genus Benthofascis (Gastropoda: Conoidea): A revision with descriptions of new species. Zootaxa 2796:1-14.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Benthofascis Iredale, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432414 on 2011-03-21