Conasprella berschaueri

Conasprella berschaueri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species: C. berschaueri
Binomial name
Conasprella berschaueri
(Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conasprella (Ximeniconus) berschaueri (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus berschaueri (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
  • Jaspidiconus berschaueri Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014 (original combination)

Conasprella berschaueri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

This species was named after David Berschauer, editor of the malacological journal The Festivus.

Description

The size of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off St. Maarten, West Indies

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella berschaueri (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836466 on 2015-06-14
External identifiers for Conasprella berschaueri
WoRMS 836466


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