Conasprella jaspidea, common name the Jasper cone, is a species of small sea snail, a small cone snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836687 on 2015-07-31
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.
Subspecies Conasprella jaspidea jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791) Conasprella jaspidea pealii Green, 1830
Synonyms Conasprella (Ximeniconus) jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation Conus acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 Conus corrugatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 Conus crebrisulcatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 Conus exumaensis (Petuch, 2013) Conus jaspideus f. acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank) Conus jaspideus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791 Conus oleiniki (Petuch, 2013) Conus sulcatus Mühlfeld, 1816 Jaspidiconus acutimarginatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Jaspidiconus exumaensis Petuch, 2013 Jaspidiconus jaspideus (Gmelin, 1791) Jaspidiconus jaspideus f. acutimarginatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Jaspidiconus jaspideus jaspideus (Gmelin, 1791) Jaspidiconus oleiniki Petuch, 2013
Distribution This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (off Guadeloupe); in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 30 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; maximum recorded depth is 97 m.
References
Sowerby, G.B. II. (1870). Descriptions of Forty-eight new Species of Shells. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. (1870): 249–259 Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. and Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
Specimen in MNHN, Paris