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Conasprella armiger

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

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| taxon = Conasprella armiger

| image = Conasprella armiger 001.jpg

| image_caption = Shell and protoconch of Conasprella armiger (holotype of the synonym Conus clarki at the Smithsonian Institution)

| authority =(Crosse, 1858)

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Petuch, E.|date=2013 |title=Conus armiger |volume=2013 |page=e.T192612A2127745|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192612A2127745.en|access-date=12 February 2025}}

| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|420202|Conus armiger Crosse, 1858||27 March 2010}}

| synonyms =

  • Conasprella (Dalliconus) armiger (Crosse, 1858) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus armiger Crosse, 1858 (original combination)
  • Conus clarki Rehder & Abbott, 1951
  • Conus crenulatus Kiener, 1845 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus crenulatus Deshayes, 1835; Conus armiger is a replacement name)
  • Conus frisbeyae Clench & Pulley, 1952
  • Dalliconus armiger (Crosse, 1858)

| display_parents = 3

}}

Conasprella armiger is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 40 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776}}.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 35 m. Maximum recorded depth is 227 m.

References

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  • Rehder, H. A. & Abbott, R. T. 1951. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 41 (1): 22, figure 1–6.
  • Clench, W. J. and Pulley, T. E. 1952. Notes on some marine shells from the Gulf of Mexico with a description of a new species of Conus. Texas Journal of Science 1:59-58, 1 pl.
  • [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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]

External links

  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316332 Crosse H. (1858). Observations sur le genre Cone et description de trois espèces nouvelles, avec un catalogue alphabétique des Cônes actuellement connus. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. ser. 2, 10: 113–127, pl. 2 [March 1858], 150–157 [April 1858], 199–209]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016 Kiener, L.C. (1844–1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière]
  • [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=3|id=3973|title=Dalliconus armiger armiger|access-date=15 January 2012}}

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armiger

Category:Gastropods described in 1858

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