Conasprella wendrosi

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

Conasprella wendrosi
The shell of Conasprella Wendrosi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. wendrosi
Binomial name
Conasprella wendrosi (Tenorio & Afonso, 2013)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Conasprella (Ximenoconus) wendrosi (Tenorio & Afonso, 2013) - accepted, alternate representation Conus wendrosi (Tenorio & Afonso, 2013) Perplexiconus wendrosi Tenorio & Afonso, 2013 (original combination) Ximeniconus (Perplexiconus) wendrosi (Tenorio & Afonso, 2013)

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.

Description

The shell is conical in shape and has a length that varies between 10 and 17 mm. Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, which is why caution should be exercised or they should be avoided altogether when handling live snails.

Their functional type is Benthos.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea near Aruba; so far, the only known location is the sandbank adjacent to a mangrove swamp off the coast of Barcadera.^[3] In Aruba, Conasprella wendrosi is one of the three endemic species of snails, alongside Conus curassaviensis and Conus hieroglyphus.^[4]