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Benthofascis
''Benthofascis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae.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 2011-03-21Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) ''Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp., at pp. 134–135.) 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.Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. (2009) Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods, with Keys to the Genera of Cone Shells. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, 295 pp Species The known living species within the genus ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthofascis
''Benthofascis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conorbidae.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 2011-03-21Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) ''Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp., at pp. 134–135.) 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.Tucker, J.K. & Tenorio, M.J. (2009) Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods, with Keys to the Genera of Cone Shells. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, 295 pp Species The known living species within the genus ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthofascis Angularis
''Benthofascis angularis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Benthofascis angularis Tucker, Tenorio & Stahlschmidt, 2011. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565515 on 2016-07-19 These snails are predatory and venomous Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a sti .... They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. Description The length of an adult shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 11.1 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Southwestern Australia. Habitat Maximum recorded depth is 30 m. References * External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthofascis Sarcinula
''Benthofascis sarcinula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae.WoRMS (2015). Benthofascis sarcinula (Hedley, 1905). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433134 on 2016-07-20 These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. Description The length of an adult shell varies between 16.6 mm and 24.7 mm. The diameter varies between 7.4 mm and 10.7 mm. (Original description) The solid shell is small and has an ovate-fusiform shape. Its colour is pale yellow, with a rusty tinge at the suture. The shell contains 3½ whorls, including a protoconch of 1½ whorl. The protoconch shows fine spiral grooves, continued on the adult as broad, shallow furrows, which are broadest at the suture becoming smaller and closer anteriorly. On the body who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthofascis Pseudobiconica
''Benthofascis pseudobiconica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conorbidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Benthofascis pseudobiconica Tucker, Tenorio & Stahlschmidt, 2011. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565516 on 2016-07-21 These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. Description The length of an adult shell varies between 12.8 mm and 42.4 mm, its diameter between 5.7 mm and 14.9 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Northern Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthofascis Lozoueti
''Benthofascis lozoueti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae.WoRMS (2015). Benthofascis lozoueti Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433133 on 2016-07-21 These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. Description The length of an adult shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 9.1 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to the Norfolk Ridge and found at a depth of 530 m; also off New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign st .... References * Sysoev A. & Bouchet P. (2001) ''New and unc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthofascis Conorbioides
''Benthofascis conorbioides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conorbidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Benthofascis conorbioides Tucker, Tenorio & Stahlschmidt, 2011. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565517 on 2016-07-21 These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. Description The length of an adult shell varies between 38 and 43 mm, its diameter between 15 mm and 17 mm. Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Southern Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ... at depths between 80 m and 120 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthofascis Biconica
''Benthofascis biconica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae.WoRMS (2015). Benthofascis biconica (Hedley, 1903). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433132 on 2016-07-20 These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. Description The length of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 42 mm. The diameter of the holotype is 8 mm. (Original description) The solid shell has a biconical shape. It is slightly angled at the shoulder. The shell contains more than six whorls (the shell is too worn in order to describe the protoconch). The colour of the shell is apparently flesh-tint. Below the shoulder the shell is furrowed by numerous fine spiral grooves, crossed by arcuate growth lines. Above the furrows are broader and fewer. The apertur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthofascis Atractoides
''Benthofascis atractoides'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae. Description The length of an adult shell attains 16.5 mm, its diameter 6.5 mm. It is superficially similar to ''Benthofascis conorbioides'', but it does not resorb the inner whorls. (Original description) The biconic, moderately thick shell has an ovately fusiform shape. Its surface is spirally furrowed, smooth and shining. The spire is regularly conical and measures about one-third the total length of the shell. It consists of five whorls, ending in a small, blunt, turbinate protoconch of two and a-half smooth rounded whorls. The whorls of the teleoconch are slightly convex. They are separated by a well-defined linear suture and ornamented by six flat spiral ribs, the three posterior ones separated by flat shallow sulci of about equal width, the three anterior ones by linear grooves sometimes almost obsolete. The interstitial furrows are punctulatedly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthofascis Otwayensis
''Benthofascis otwayensis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae. Description It was originally described as a subspecies of ''Benthofascis atractoides'', but it is wider bodied and its geologic history extends to the Oligocene instead of the Miocene for ''B. atractoides''. Distribution This extinct marine species is endemic to Oligocene of Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ..., Australia References * Long, D.C. (1981) Late Eocene and early Oligocene Turridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata) of the Brown's Creek and Glen Aire Clays, Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 42, 15–55, pls. 4–7 {{DEFAULTSORT:Benthofascis Otwayensis otwayensis Gastropods of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conorbidae
Conorbidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp., at p. 133Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 397 pp.Bouchet, P. (2011). Conorbidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153962 on 2011-08-12 Despite the name of the family, which might seem to suggest otherwise, this group of gastropods are ''not'' cone snails, but are instead what used to be loosely called "turrids". Taxonomy In 2009, John K. Tucker and Manuel J. Tenorio elevated the subfamily Conorbiinae (at that point it was placed in the family Conidae) to the rank of family. This was based on a cladistical analysis of anatomical characters including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conidae
Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups only cone snails in the family Conidae. Some previous classifications grouped the cone snails in a subfamily, Coninae. As of March 2015 Conidae contained over 800 recognized species. Working in 18th-century Europe, Carl Linnaeus knew of only 30 species that are still considered valid. The snails within this family are sophisticated predatory animals. They hunt and immobilize prey using a modified radular tooth along with a venom gland containing neurotoxins; the tooth is launched out of the snail's mouth in a harpoon-like action. Because all cone snails are venomous and capable of "stinging" humans, live ones should be handled with great care or preferably not at all. Current taxonomy In the ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'', in 2014, Pui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conoidea
Conoidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and considered by one authority to contain 4,000 named living species. This superfamily includes the turrids, the terebras (also known as auger snails or auger shells) and the cones or cone snails. The phylogenetic relationships within this superfamily are poorly established. Several families (especially the Turridae), subfamilies and genera are thought to be polyphyletic. In contrast to Puillandre's estimate, Bandyopadhyay et al. (2008) estimated that the superfamily Conoidea contains about 10,000 species. Tucker (2004) even speaks of 11,350 species in the group of taxa commonly referred to as turrids.Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' Zootaxa 682:1–1295. 3000 recent taxa are potentially valid specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
