Conasprella mindana

Conasprella mindana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Conasprella mindana
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792)
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. mindana
Binomial name
Conasprella mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
Synonyms[1]
Conasprella (Ximeniconus) mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) · accepted, alternate representation Conus bermudensis lymani Clench, 1942 Conus cretaceus Kiener, 1845 Conus elventinus Duclos [fr], 1833 Conus karinae Nowell-Usticke, 1968 Conus mackintoshi (Petuch, 2013) Conus mindanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (original combination) Conus rosaceus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 Jaspidiconus mackintoshi Petuch, 2013 Jaspidiconus mindanus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Subspecies

• Conasprella mindanus bermudensis Clench, W.J., 1962
• Conasprella mindana mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Distribution

Locus typicus: (of C. mindanus agassizii) "Off Santa Cruz (=St. Croix, Virgin Islands) in 115 fathoms. Specimens of the type material conspecific with C. agassizi were also collected off Barbados, in 76 fathoms."^[2]

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Costa Rica, Guadeloupe and Curacao; in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil, Barbados and Bermuda

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 50 mm.^[3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 210 m.^[3]