Conasprella elegans

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

Conasprella elegans
Conasprella elegans Sowerby, G.B. III, 1895
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
Conasprella elegans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)
Synonyms
Conasprella (Fusiconus) elegans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) · accepted, alternate representation Conus aculeiformis var. torensis Sturany, 1904 Conus elegans G. B. Sowerby III, 1895 Conus elegans elegans G. B. Sowerby III, 1895 Conus elegans ramalhoi Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1986 Fusiconus elegans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) Fusiconus elegans elegans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)

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 elegans elegans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) (synonym: Conus elegans elegans G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)
• Conasprella elegans ramalhoi (Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1986) (synonym: Conus elegans ramalhoi Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1986)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Somalia to Pakistan; and off Western Australia.

References

• Sowerby, G. B., III. 1895. Descriptions of nine new species of shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1(5):214–217, pl. 13.
• 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
• "Fusiconus elegans elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.