Conasprella berschaueri

Conasprella berschaueri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. berschaueri
Binomial name
Conasprella berschaueri (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
Synonyms[1]
Conasprella (Ximeniconus) berschaueri (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) · accepted, alternate representation Conus berschaueri (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) Jaspidiconus berschaueri Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014 (original combination)

Conasprella berschaueri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

This species was named after David Berschauer, editor of the malacological journal The Festivus.

Description

The size of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off St. Maarten, West Indies

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella berschaueri (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836466 on 2015-06-14

• Petuch E.J. & Myers R.F. (2014) New species of Conidae and Conilithidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the Bahamas, eastern Caribbean, and Brazil. Xenophora Taxonomy 3: 26-46.
• 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

• World Register of Marine Species
• Gastropods.com: Jaspidiconus berschaueri^[permanent dead link‍]