Conasprella pomponeti

Conasprella pomponeti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conasprella pomponeti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. pomponeti
Binomial name
Conasprella pomponeti
(Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conasprella (Ximeniconus) pomponeti (Petuch & Myers, 2014) ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus pomponeti (Petuch & Myers, 2014)
  • Jaspidiconus pomponeti Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014

Description

The size of the shell attains 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella pomponeti (Petuch & Myers, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845404 on 2015-06-19
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Jaspidiconus pomponeti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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