- Source: Conasprella elegans
Conasprella elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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
Conasprella elegans elegans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) (synonym: Conus elegans elegans G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)
Conasprella elegans ramalhoi (Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1986) (synonym: Conus elegans ramalhoi Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1986)
Description
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from Somalia to Pakistan; and off Western Australia.
References
Sowerby, G. B., III. 1895. Descriptions of nine new species of shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1(5):214–217, pl. 13.
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
"Fusiconus elegans elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Conasprella elegans
- Conasprella ramalhoi
- Conasprella
- C. elegans (disambiguation)
- Fusiconus
- List of Conus species
- Conasprella comatosa
- 2015 in paleomalacology
- List of the Cenozoic life of South Carolina
- List of the Cenozoic life of Florida
