Conasprella lucida

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon = Conasprella lucida

| image = Perplexiconus lucidus.JPG

| image_caption = Apertural view of shell of Conasprella lucida (W. Wood, 1828).

| authority = (W. Wood, 1828)

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| synonyms =

  • Conasprella (Ximeniconus) lucida (W. Wood, 1828) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus lucidus W. Wood, 1828 (original combination)
  • Conus reticulatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
  • Perplexiconus lucidus (W. Wood, 1828)

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Conasprella lucida is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella lucida. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836697 on 2015-10-23

Description

The size of the shell varies between 14 mm and 54 mm ({{convert|14|-|54|mm|disp=out}}).

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Distribution

The species is found in the Eastern Pacific, occurring off Baja California, Mexico to Peru and off the Galápagos Islands.

References

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  • [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]

Gallery

File:Conus lucidus 1.jpg|Conasprella lucida (Wood, W., 1828)

File:Conus lucidus 2.jpg|Conasprella lucida (Wood, W., 1828)