Conasprella coromandelica
| Conasprella coromandelica | |
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| Apertural view of shell of Conasprella coromandelica (E.A. Smith, 1894), measuring 35.4 mm in height, dredged at 250 ft. off Madras, in India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Species: | C. coromandelica
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| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella coromandelica (E. A. Smith, 1894)
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Conasprella coromandelicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1] This species was first described by E. A. Smith in 1894. This species was originally described as Conus coromandelicus E. A. Smith, 1894.[2]
Description
The shell of Conasprella coromandelica is relatively small, with adult shells varying in size between 29 mm and 45 mm.[3]
Distribution
Conasprella coromandelicus is a demersal sea snail, found in the Indian Ocean: East Africa, Bay of Bengal, Sri Lanka and Gulf of Oman. It is found in waters ranging from 70–400 meters in depth.[4] This species inhabits demersal zones, typically at depths ranging from 70 to 400 meters.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella coromandelica (E. A. Smith, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835980 on 2015-03-21
- ^ World Register of Marine Species : Conus coromandelicus
- ^ Hendricks, Jonathan R. (1 April 2015). "Glowing Seashells: Diversity of Fossilized Coloration Patterns on Coral Reef-Associated Cone Snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) Shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic". PLOS ONE. 10 (4) e0120924. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120924. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4382297. PMID 25830769.
- ^ "Conus coromandelicus Smith, 1894 - Record: Conus Biodiversity Website Catalogue".
- Melvill, J. Cosmo. "Conus coromandelicus, Smith, Its Probable Affinities, and Systematic Position in the Family Conidae." Journal of Molluscan Studies 6.3 (1904): 170–173.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition
- Tucker J.K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2010) A second species of Pseudoconorbis (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from India. Miscellanea Malacologica 4(3): 31–34
- 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
- Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London vol. 6 (1904–1905), p. 170–172
- "Pseudoconorbis coromandelicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea