en Conasprella mindana

Conasprella mindana
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792)
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. mindana
Binomial name
	Conasprella mindana; (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
Synonyms
	Conasprella (Ximeniconus) mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) · accepted, alternate representation; Conus bermudensis lymani Clench, 1942; Conus cretaceus Kiener, 1845; Conus elventinus Duclos [fr], 1833; Conus karinae Nowell-Usticke, 1968; Conus mackintoshi (Petuch, 2013); Conus mindanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (original combination); Conus rosaceus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834; Jaspidiconus mackintoshi Petuch, 2013; Jaspidiconus mindanus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792);

Conasprella mindana 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 snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Subspecies

Conasprella mindanus bermudensis Clench, W.J., 1962
Conasprella mindana mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Distribution

Locus typicus: (of C. mindanus agassizii) "Off Santa Cruz (=St. Croix, Virgin Islands) in 115 fathoms.
Specimens of the type material conspecific with C. agassizi
were also collected off Barbados, in 76 fathoms."^[2]

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Costa Rica, Guadeloupe and Curacao; in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil, Barbados and Bermuda

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 50 mm.^[3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 210 m.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836701 on 2015-06-18
^ Danker VINK, 1989-La Conchiglia, Year XXI, No. 246-249, pages 34-34.
^ ^a ^b 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.

Rabiller M. & Richard G. , 2019. Conidae offshore de Guadeloupe : Description du matériel dragué lors de l’expédition KARUBENTHOS 2 contenant de nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy 24: 3-31
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

Gallery

Below are several color forms and one subspecies:

Conasprella mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792)
Conasprella mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792)
Conasprella mindana bermudensis Clench, W.J., 1962

External links

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Jaspidiconus mindanus mindanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Specimen at MNHN, Paris

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836701 on 2015-06-18

[2] Danker VINK, 1989-La Conchiglia, Year XXI, No. 246-249, pages 34-34.

[Welch_2010-3] 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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