Conasprella damasomonteiroi explained

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 24 mm. It has an orange and white patterned shell.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

• Petuch E.J. & Myers R.F. (2014) Additions to the cone shell faunas (Conidae and Conilithidae) of the Cearaian and Bahian subprovinces, Brazilian Molluscan Province. Xenophora Taxonomy 4: 30-43.
• 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
• Gastropods.com: Jaspidiconus damasomonteiroi

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella damasomonteiroi (Petuch & Myers, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845461 on 2015-06-15