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

Conasprella centurio
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella centurio (Born, I. von, 1778)
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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)

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

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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

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

 
Conus centurio Born, I. von, 1778

Habitat

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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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