Conasprella pomponeti explained

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

• Petuch E.J. & Myers R.F. (2014) New species of Conidae and Conilithidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the Bahamas, eastern Caribbean, and Brazil. Xenophora Taxonomy 3: 26–46.
• 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

• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and 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