Conasprella centurio explained

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

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.

Distribution

Locus typicus: (designated by Clench) - Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo,
(Dominican Republic).

A Western Atlantic species known from the continental shelf of Guyana
and Northern South America and from Monos Isl. Trinidad,
also from St.Vincent and Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 85.5 mm.^[1]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.^[1] Maximum recorded depth is 175 m.^[1]

References

• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing
• 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

Notes and References

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