Conasprella mindana

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Conasprella mindana
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella mindana(Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. mindana
Binomial name
Conasprella mindana
(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
Synonyms [1]
  • Conasprella (Ximeniconus) mindana(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus bermudensis lymaniClench, 1942
  • Conus cretaceus Kiener, 1845
  • Conus elventinus Duclos  [ fr ], 1833
  • Conus karinaeNowell-Usticke, 1968
  • Conus mackintoshi(Petuch, 2013)
  • Conus mindanusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 (original combination)
  • Conus rosaceus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
  • Jaspidiconus mackintoshiPetuch, 2013
  • Jaspidiconus mindanus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conasprella mindana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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.

Subspecies

Distribution

Locus typicus: (of C. mindanus agassizii) "Off Santa Cruz (=St. Croix, Virgin Islands) in 115 fathoms. Specimens of the type material conspecific with C. agassizi were also collected off Barbados, in 76 fathoms." [2]

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Costa Rica, Guadeloupe and Curacao; in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil, Barbados and Bermuda

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 50 mm. [3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 210 m. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836701 on 2015-06-18
  2. ↑ Danker VINK, 1989-La Conchiglia, Year XXI, No. 246-249, pages 34-34.
  3. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

Below are several color forms and one subspecies:

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