Conasprella_jaspidea

<i>Conasprella jaspidea</i>

Conasprella jaspidea

Species of gastropod

Conasprella jaspidea, common name the Jasper cone, is a species of sea snail, a small cone snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

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Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Subspecies

Synonyms

  • Conasprella (Ximeniconus) jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
  • Conus corrugatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Conus crebrisulcatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
  • Conus exumaensis (Petuch, 2013)
  • Conus jaspideus f. acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)
  • Conus jaspideus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791
  • Conus oleiniki (Petuch, 2013)
  • Conus sulcatus Mühlfeld, 1816
  • Jaspidiconus acutimarginatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
  • Jaspidiconus exumaensis Petuch, 2013
  • Jaspidiconus jaspideus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Jaspidiconus jaspideus f. acutimarginatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
  • Jaspidiconus jaspideus jaspideus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Jaspidiconus oleiniki Petuch, 2013

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (off Guadeloupe); in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brasil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 30 mm.[3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 97 m.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Gmelin (1791) Syst. Nat., 13th ed. Vol. 1, pt.. p. 3387
  2. [2]
    Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836687 on 2015-07-31
  3. [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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