Conasprella

Conasprella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cone snails. These snails are predatory and venomous.

Conasprella dictator

Conasprella emarginata

Cone Snail – Conasprella pealii

Conasprella ximenes

Conasprella baccata

Conasprella lucida

Conasprella mahogani

Conasprella delessertii

Conasprella jaspidea

Common names

There are no widely used common names for snails in the genus Conasprella.

Distribution

Snails in the genus Conasprella are found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Description

Snails in the genus Conasprella have a conical shell, often with a smooth surface. The spire is usually low and the aperture is narrow.

Ecology

Snails in the genus Conasprella are predatory and venomous. They use a harpoon-like radula to inject venom into their prey, which are typically other marine invertebrates, such as worms and fish.

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Conasprella:

  • Conasprella amabilis (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Conasprella batesii (Reeve, 1843)
  • Conasprella bidentata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Conasprella californica (Reeve, 1843)
  • Conasprella castanea (Reeve, 1843)
  • Conasprella catenulata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Conasprella clathrata (Broderip, 1833)
  • Conasprella coronata (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Conasprella costata (Born, 1778)
  • Conasprella crassa (Reeve, 1843)
  • Conasprella crocata (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Conasprella cylindrica (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella eburnea (Born, 1778)
  • Conasprella elegans (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella emaciata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Conasprella erosa (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella eurydice (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
  • Conasprella flava (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Conasprella flavescens (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella foraminosa (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella fulva (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Conasprella fuscozonata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella granulata (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Conasprella granulosa (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella guppyi (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella guttata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella hebraea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Conasprella hercules (Röding, 1798)
  • Conasprella histrio (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Conasprella imperialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Conasprella indica (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella inflata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella intersecta (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella jaculator (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella jaspidea (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella laevigata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella leopardus (Röding, 1798)
  • Conasprella lineata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella maculata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella maura (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella melanostoma (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella monile (Kiener, 1841)
  • Conasprella nigrocincta (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella nivea (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Conasprella ocellata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella olivacea (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella ornate (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella pantherina (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella papillosa (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella patula (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella perdix (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella persica (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella picta (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella pulchella (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella pulchra (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella punctata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella purpurascens (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella pygmæa (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella quercinus (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella radiata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella reticulata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella rosea (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella rubra (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella rugosa (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella scalaris (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella scripta (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella semiplicata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella simplex (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella smithi (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella solida (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella striata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella subulata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella sulcata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella tenuis (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella tessellata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella tigrina (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella torquata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella tristis (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella triseriata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella tuberculata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella undulata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella varia (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella venusta (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella venustula (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella vermiculata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella verrucosa (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella violacea (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella virgo (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella vittata (Sowerby, 1833)
  • Conasprella zonalis (Sowerby, 1833)

References

  • [WoRMS](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429471)
  • [NCBI](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=131515)