Conasprella jaspidea explained

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.^[1]

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

• Conasprella jaspidea jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791)
• Conasprella jaspidea pealii Green, 1830

Synonyms

• 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

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (off Guadeloupe); in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brasil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 30 mm.^[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 97 m.

References

• 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

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
  • Specimen in MNHN, Paris

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .