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Benthofascis

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Clade
  
Benthofascis

Similar
  
Kohniconus, Dalliconus, Calibanus, Harmoniconus, Gradiconus

Benthofascis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae.

Like other species in the superfamily Conoidea these snails are predatory and venomous, able to inject neurotoxins into their prey with their radula.

This genus was previously included in the family Turridae (subfamily Conorbinae) and later in the family Conidae. In 2009 Tucker & Tenorio included it in the family Conorbidae.

Species

The known living species within the genus Benthofascis are:

  • Benthofascis angularis Tucker, Tenorio & Stahlschmidt, 2011
  • Benthofascis atractoides (Tate, 1890)
  • Benthofascis biconica (Hedley, 1903)
  • Benthofascis conorbioides Tucker, Tenorio & Stahlschmidt, 2011
  • Benthofascis lozoueti Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
  • Benthofascis otwayensis Long, 1981 - from Oligocene of Victoria, Australia
  • Benthofascis pseudobiconica Tucker, Tenorio & Stahlschmidt, 2011
  • Benthofascis sarcinula (Hedley, 1905)
  • References

    Benthofascis Wikipedia


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