Conasprella pomponeti
Conasprella pomponeti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conasprella pomponeti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Species: | C. pomponeti |
| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella pomponeti (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The size of the shell attains 12 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
References
- 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
- 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
- "Jaspidiconus pomponeti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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