Conasprella lucida

Conasprella lucida

Apertural view of shell of Conasprella lucida (W. Wood, 1828).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. lucida
Binomial name
*Conasprella lucida* (W. Wood, 1828)
Synonyms^[1]
Conasprella (Ximeniconus) lucida (W. Wood, 1828) · accepted, alternate representation Conus lucidus W. Wood, 1828 (original combination) Conus reticulatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Perplexiconus lucidus (W. Wood, 1828)

Conasprella lucida is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 14 mm and 54 mm.

Distribution

This is an Eastern Pacific species, occurring off Baja California, Mexico to Peru and off the Galápagos Islands.

References

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella lucida. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836697 on 2015-10-23

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

Gallery

Conasprella lucida (Wood, W., 1828)
Conasprella lucida (Wood, W., 1828)

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