Conasprella cercadensis

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

Conasprella cercadensis
Several views of a shell of Conasprella cercadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. cercadensis
Binomial name
Conasprella cercadensis (Maury, 1917)
Synonyms[1]
† Conasprella (Ximeniconus) cercadensis (Maury, 1917) · accepted, alternate representation † Conus cercadensis Maury, 1917 † (original combination) † Perplexiconus cercadensis (Maury), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Description

The shell pattern consists of about 30–40 spiral lines, extending from base to shoulder; these coincide with the raised posterior edges of spiral ribs on the anterior half of the body whorl. The sutural ramp is unpigmented.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species was found as a fossil in a Neogene coral reef-associated deposit in the Dominican Republic.