Conasprella ichinoseana
Conasprella ichinoseana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2][3]
| Conasprella ichinoseana | |
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| Shell of Conasprella ichinoseana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Species: | C. ichinoseana |
| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella ichinoseana (Kuroda, 1956) | |
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Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Conasprella ichinoseana (Kuroda, T., 1956)
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 105 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to Japan, off Northwest Australia and Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia; in the South China Sea off Vietnam.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella ichinoseana (Kuroda, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835380 on 2015-03-12
- 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.
- Kuroda, T. 1956. New species of the Conidae (Gastropoda) from Japan. Venus 19(1):1–15, figs. 7–10, pl. 1
- Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
- 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
- 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
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Yeddoconus ichinoseana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- Specimen at MNHN, Paris
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