Conasprella coromandelica

Conasprella coromandelica
Apertural view of shell of Conasprella coromandelica(E.A. Smith, 1894), measuring 35.4 mm in height, dredged at 250 ft. off Madras, in India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. coromandelica
Binomial name
Conasprella coromandelica (E. A. Smith, 1894)
Synonyms [1]
Conasprella (Pseudoconorbis) coromandelica(E. A. Smith, 1894) · accepted, alternate representation Conorbis coromandelicus(E. A. Smith, 1894) Conus coromandelicusE. A. Smith, 1894 (original combination) Pseudoconorbis coromandelicus(E. A. Smith, 1894)

Conasprella coromandelicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. ^[1] This species was first described by E. A. Smith in 1894. This species was originally described as Conus coromandelicusE. A. Smith, 1894. ^[2]

Description

The shell of Conasprella coromandelica is relatively small, with adult shells varying in size between 29 mm and 45 mm. ^[3]

Distribution

Conasprella coromandelicus is a demersal sea snail, found in the Indian Ocean: East Africa, Bay of Bengal, Sri Lanka and Gulf of Oman. It is found in waters ranging from 70–400 meters in depth. ^[4] This species inhabits demersal zones, typically at depths ranging from 70 to 400 meters.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella coromandelica (E. A. Smith, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835980 on 2015-03-21
2. World Register of Marine Species : Conus coromandelicus
3. Hendricks, Jonathan R. (1 April 2015). "Glowing Seashells: Diversity of Fossilized Coloration Patterns on Coral Reef-Associated Cone Snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) Shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic". PLOS ONE. 10 (4) e0120924. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120924 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   4382297 . PMID   25830769.
4. "Conus coromandelicus Smith, 1894 - Record: Conus Biodiversity Website Catalogue".

• Melvill, J. Cosmo. "Conus coromandelicus, Smith, Its Probable Affinities, and Systematic Position in the Family Conidae." Journal of Molluscan Studies 6.3 (1904): 170–173.
• Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
• Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition
• Tucker J.K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2010) A second species of Pseudoconorbis (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from India. Miscellanea Malacologica 4(3): 31–34
• Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23

External links

• Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London vol. 6 (1904–1905), p. 170–172
• "Pseudoconorbis coromandelicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea