Conasprella mcgintyi

Conasprella mcgintyi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[2]

Conasprella mcgintyi
Shell of Conasprella mcgintyi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. mcgintyi
Binomial name
Conasprella mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1955[1]
Synonyms[2]
Conasprella (Dalliconus) mcgintyi (Pilsbry, 1955) · accepted, alternate representation Conus coletteae (Petuch, 2013) Conus mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1955 (original combination) Dalliconus coletteae Petuch, 2013 Dalliconus mcgintyi (Pilsbry, 1955)

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.

Distribution

This is a western Atlantic species, which occurs from Florida to Brazil, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

Conasprella mcgintyi has elongate, many-whorled shell with a high conical spire. The external coloration is white with orange markings.

The maximum recorded shell length is 52.2 mm.^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 55 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 219 m.^[3]