Conasprella mcgintyi
| Conasprella mcgintyi | |
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| Shell of Conasprella mcgintyi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Species: | C. mcgintyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1955[1]
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Conasprella mcgintyi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]
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
This is a western Atlantic species, which occurs from Florida to Brazil, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico.
Description
Conasprella mcgintyi has elongate, many-whorled shell with a high conical spire. The external coloration is white with orange markings.
The maximum recorded shell length is 52.2 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 55 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 219 m.[3]
References
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1955). "Another Floridan Conus". The Nautilus 69(2): 47-48, plate 3, figure 10-11.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella mcgintyi (Pilsbry, 1955). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835304 on 2015-03-15
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conasprella mcgintyi.
- Conus mcgintyi - Information. Note that the species name of this cone is incorrectly spelled on that site.
- Malacolog Version 4.1.0 : A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
- photo
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Dalliconus mcgintyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.