Conasprella centurio | |
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella centurio (Born, I. von, 1778) | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conasprella |
Species: | C. centurio
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Binomial name | |
Conasprella centurio (Born, 1778)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conasprella centurio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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.
Locus typicus: (designated by Clench) - Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo,
(Dominican Republic).
A Western Atlantic species known from the continental shelf of Guyana
and Northern South America and from Monos Isl. Trinidad,
also from St.Vincent and Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles.
The maximum recorded shell length is 85.5 mm.[2]
Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 175 m.[2]