Conasprella geeraertsi

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

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

Contents

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Philippines.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Conasprella geeraertsi (Poppe & Tagaro, 2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338141 on 2020-09-07