Conasprella jaspidea, common name the Jasper cone, is a species of sea snail, a small cone snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella jaspidea (Gmelin, J.F., 1791) | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Species: | C. jaspidea
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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.
Subspecies
edit- Conasprella jaspidea jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791)
- Conasprella jaspidea pealii Green, 1830
Synonyms
edit- Conasprella (Ximeniconus) jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
- Conus acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
- Conus corrugatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
- Conus crebrisulcatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
- Conus exumaensis (Petuch, 2013)
- Conus jaspideus f. acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)
- Conus jaspideus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791
- Conus oleiniki (Petuch, 2013)
- Conus sulcatus Mühlfeld, 1816
- Jaspidiconus acutimarginatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Jaspidiconus exumaensis Petuch, 2013
- Jaspidiconus jaspideus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Jaspidiconus jaspideus f. acutimarginatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Jaspidiconus jaspideus jaspideus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Jaspidiconus oleiniki Petuch, 2013
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (off Guadeloupe); in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brasil.
Description
editHabitat
editThe minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 97 m.[3]
References
edit- ^ Gmelin (1791) Syst. Nat., 13th ed. Vol. 1, pt.. p. 3387
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836687 on 2015-07-31
- ^ 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.
- Sowerby, G.B. II. (1870). Descriptions of Forty-eight new Species of Shells. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. (1870): 249–259
- Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. and Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conasprella jaspidea.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Jaspidiconus jaspideus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Specimen in MNHN, Paris