Conasprella ximenes

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| taxon = Conasprella ximenes

| image = Ximeniconus ximenes.JPG

| image_caption = Apertural view of shell of Conasprella ximenes (Gray, 1839)

| authority = (Gray, 1839)

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| synonyms_ref = Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella ximenes (Gray, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836189 on 2015-03-22

| synonyms =

  • Conasprella (Ximeniconus) ximenes (Gray, 1839) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus interruptus Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus interruptus W. Wood, 1828)
  • Conus ximenes Gray, 1839 (original combination)
  • Hermes triggi Cotton, 1945
  • Ximeniconus ximenes (Gray, 1839)

| display_parents = 3

}}

File:Ximeniconus ximenes 2.JPG of Conasprella ximenes (Gray, 1839)]]

Conasprella ximenes 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 cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 61 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of California, Western 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 ximenes 1.jpg|Conasprella ximenes (Gray, J.E., 1839)

File:Conus ximenes 2.jpg|Conasprella ximenes (Gray, J.E., 1839)

File:Conus ximenes 3.jpg|Conasprella ximenes (Gray, J.E., 1839)

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Category:Gastropods described in 1839

Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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