Conasprella centurio

Conasprella centurio
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella centurio (Born, I. von, 1778)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. centurio
Binomial name
Conasprella centurio (Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
Conasprella (Kohniconus) centurio (Born, 1778) · accepted, alternate representation Conus bifasciatus Gmelin, 1791 Conus centurio Born, 1778 (original combination) Conus centurio f. caribaensis Nowell-Usticke, 1968 Conus centurio f. cruzensis Nowell-Usticke, 1968 Conus centurio var. antillensis Sander, 1982 Conus tribunus Gmelin, 1791 Conus woolseyi M. Smith, 1946 Kohniconus centurio (Born, 1778)

Conasprella centurio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

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

Locus typicus: (designated by Clench) - Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo,
(Dominican Republic).

A Western Atlantic species known from the continental shelf of Guyana
and Northern South America and from Monos Isl. Trinidad,
also from St.Vincent and Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 85.5 mm.[2]

Conus centurio Born, I. von, 1778

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 175 m.[2]

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella centurio (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835892 on 2015-03-19
2. 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.

• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing
• 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
• "Kohniconus centurio". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.