Conasprella gattegnoi

Conasprella gattegnoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. gattegnoi
Binomial name
Conasprella gattegnoi
(Poppe & Tagaro, 2017)
Synonyms
  • Conasprella eugrammata f. gattegnoi (Poppe & Tagaro, 2017)
  • Conus gattegnoi Poppe & Tagaro, 2017 (original combination)

Conasprella gattegnoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

This snail is predatory and venomous and is capable of stinging humans.

Description

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ Conasprella gattegnoi Baldwin, 1906. 8 December 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2017). New Conidae from the central Philippines. Visaya. 4(6): 5-18. page(s): 9, pl. 4
  • Poppe G.T. (2019). About the Conidae from the Mactan Channel and related species. Visaya. 5(2): 49-53.


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