Conasprella nereis
Conasprella nereis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
| Conasprella nereis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Species: | C. nereis |
| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella nereis (Petuch, 1979) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Conus nereis Petuch, 1979 | |
Description
"Shell of Conasprella nereis is thin delicate smooth and glossy, its outline straight-sided and elongate; the shoulder is smooth, sharp and distinctly carinate with a small groove just anterior to the shoulder carina. The anterior one-third of the shell has six to eight wide and deeply incised spiral sulci. Shell colour is pale blue-white with three light brown bands: one just anterior to the shoulder, one at mid-body and one anterior to the mid-body line. Three to four rows of alternating brown and white dashes between brown bands: dashes are rectangular-shaped, giving the shell a checkerboard effect. Spire colour is white with alternating dark brown, crescent-shaped brown flammules, said flammules extending from the suture across the shoulder, on to the body whorl, producing a pattern of alternating white and dark brown dashes along the shoulder carina. The aperture of the shell is pale lilac, and its periostracum is thin, smooth and translucent yellow-brown."
The length of the shell varies between three 19 mm and 27 mm.
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Approximately 250 metres depth off Panglao,
Bohol Isl., Philippines."[2]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the Makassar Strait.
Habitat
"Like Conus aphrodite and Conus boholensis, Conus nereis is a member
of the mud bottom community that borders the Philippine Trenches.
It is sympatric with the same gastropods."
[3]
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Conasprella nereis (Petuch, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291290 on 2018-12-27
- Petuch, E.J. 1979-Twelve new Indo-Pacific gastropods, Nemouria Vol. 23, page 18.
- Petuch, E.J. 1979-Twelve new Indo-Pacific gastropods, Nemouria Vol. 23, page 18.
- Petuch, Edward J. "Twelve new Indo-Pacific gastropods." Nemouria 23 (1979): 1-21.
- Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp. page(s): 194