Conasprella sieboldii, common name Siebold's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella sieboldii (Reeve, L.A., 1848) | |
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. sieboldii
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| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella sieboldii (Reeve, 1848)
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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.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 51 mm and 129 mm.
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Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella sieboldii (Reeve, 1848). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835345 on 2015-06-20
- 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
External links
edit- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Yeddoconus sieboldii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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