Conasprella pusio

Conasprella pusio
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella pusioHwass in Bruguiere., 1792
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. pusio
Binomial name
	Conasprella pusio; Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms
	Conasprella (Ximeniconus) pusio(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) · accepted, alternate representation; Conus boubeeae G. B. Sowerby III, 1903; Conus duvaliBernardi, 1862; Conus minutusReeve, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus minutusSchröter, 1803); Conus pusillus Lamarck, 1810; Conus pusioHwass in Bruguière, 1792 (original combination); Jaspidiconus pusio(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792); Kermasprella pusillus"Chemnitz, J.H." Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810; Leptoconus duvaliBernardi, M., 1862;

Last updated June 09, 2025

Conus pusio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Dominican Republic; in the Caribbean off Guadeloupe; Martinique; off Brazil; in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 24.5 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 23 m.^[2]

References

1 2 Conus pusio Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
1 2 3 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 .

Bernardi, A. B., 1862. Description d'un cône nouveau. Journal de Conchyliologie 10: 404–405
Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8–23
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

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Jaspidiconus pusio". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Syntype at MNHN, Paris

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Conus pusio Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

[Welch_2010-2] 1 2 3 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 .

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