Conasprella mindana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836701 on 2015-06-18
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."Danker VINK, 1989-La Conchiglia, Year XXI, No. 246-249, pages 34-34.
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.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. . Habitat The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 210 m.
References
Rabiller M. & Richard G., 2019. Conidae offshore de Guadeloupe : Description du matériel dragué lors de l’expédition KARUBENTHOS 2 contenant de nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy 24: 3-31 Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
Gallery Below are several color forms and one subspecies:
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
Specimen at MNHN, Paris