Conasprella gattegnoi

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Conasprella gattegnoi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. gattegnoi
Binomial name
Conasprella gattegnoi
(Poppe & Tagaro, 2017)
Synonyms
  • Conasprella eugrammata f. gattegnoi(Poppe & Tagaro, 2017)
  • Conus gattegnoiPoppe & Tagaro, 2017 (original combination)

Conasprella gattegnoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [1]

This snail is predatory and venomous and is capable of stinging humans.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Philippines.

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