Conasprella jaspidea pealii

Conasprella jaspidea pealii is a subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

Conasprella jaspidea pealii
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella jaspidea pealii (Green, 1830)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Conidae
Genus:
Conasprella
Species:
C. jaspidea
Binomial name
Conasprella jaspidea
(Green, 1830)
Trinomial name
Conasprella jaspidea pealii
(Green, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Conus branhamae Clench, 1953
  • Conus jaspideus branhamae Clench, 1953
  • Conus jaspideus pealii Green, 1830
  • Conus nodiferus Kiener, 1847
  • Conus pealii Green, 1830(original combination, original rank)
  • Conus pseudojaspideus Nowell-Usticke, 1968
  • Conus sticticus A. Adams, 1855
  • Conus sulcatus Mühlfeld, 1816 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus sulcatus Hwass, 1792)
  • Conus verrucosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Jaspidiconus branhamae (Clench, 1953)
  • Jaspidiconus jaspideus pealii (Green, 1830) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Jaspidiconus pealii (Green, 1830)
  • Profundiconus nodiferus Kiener, L.C., 1845

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella jaspidea pealii (Green, 1830). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836690 on 2015-07-31
  2. Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (2011) New species of Conidae and Conilithidae (Gastropoda) from the tropical Americas and Philippines. With notes on some poorly-known Floridian species. Visaya 3(3): 37-58. (August 2011)
  • Green, J. 1830. Monograph of the cones of North America, including three new species. Transactions of the Albany Institute 1:121-125, pl. 3
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
  • "Profundiconus nodiferus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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