Conasprella jaspidea

Conasprella jaspidea, common name the Jasper cone, is a species of sea snail, a small cone snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

Conasprella jaspidea
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella jaspidea (Gmelin, J.F., 1791)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. jaspidea
Binomial name
Conasprella jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791)[1]
Synonyms[2]
See list

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.

Subspecies

• Conasprella jaspidea jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791)
• Conasprella jaspidea pealii Green, 1830

Synonyms

• Conasprella (Ximeniconus) jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
• Conus acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
• Conus corrugatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
• Conus crebrisulcatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
• Conus exumaensis (Petuch, 2013)
• Conus jaspideus f. acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)
• Conus jaspideus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791
• Conus oleiniki (Petuch, 2013)
• Conus sulcatus Mühlfeld, 1816
• Jaspidiconus acutimarginatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
• Jaspidiconus exumaensis Petuch, 2013
• Jaspidiconus jaspideus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Jaspidiconus jaspideus f. acutimarginatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
• Jaspidiconus jaspideus jaspideus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Jaspidiconus oleiniki Petuch, 2013

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (off Guadeloupe); in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 30 mm.^[3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 97 m.^[3]