Conasprella edpetuchi

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Conasprella edpetuchi
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A shell of Conasprella edpetuchi from Brazil (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. edpetuchi
Binomial name
Conasprella edpetuchi
(Monnier, Limpalaër, Roux & Berschauer, 2015)
Synonyms [1]
  • Conasprella (Dalliconus) edpetuchi(Monnier, Limpalaër, Roux & Berschauer, 2015) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Dalliconus edpetuchiMonnier, Limpalaër, Roux & Berschauer, 2015 (original combination)

Conasprella edpetuchi also known as Conasprella (Dalliconus) edpetuchi, and originally described as Dalliconus edpetuchi, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1]

Contents

Like all species within the genus Conasprella, 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 the long, narrow shell varies between 56 and 69 millimetres (2.2 and 2.7 in). Its shape is conical with a striated, turriculate spire with 13 to 15 whorls. The paucispiral protoconch contains about two whorls. The teleoconch contains about 5 to 9 spiral grooves on the sutural ramps and 25 to 30 small beadlike nodules on subsutural ridge ar about two-thirds from the top. The body whorl is smooth with sigmoid sides and a deep anal notch. The long aperture is almost straight with a very straight siphonal lip. The white spire shows brown, regularly scattered blotches. The same blotches are found on the body whorl in irregularly interrupted spiral bands. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean, in deep water off central to southern Brazil.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). "Dalliconus edpetuchi (Monnier, Limpalaër, Roux & Berschauer, 2015)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Roux C. & Berschauer D.P. (2015). Description of a new species from the Brazilian Province: Dalliconus edpetuchi. The Festivus. 47(1): 51–65.
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