- Conus jaspideus
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Conus jaspideus 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Conidae Subfamily: Coninae Genus: Conus Species: C. jaspideus Binomial name Conus jaspideus
Gmelin, 1791Synonyms[2] Conus acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
Conus corrugatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
Conus crebrisulcus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
Conus echinulatus Kiener, 1845
Conus nodiferus Kiener, 1845
Conus pealii Green, 1830
Conus pfluegeri Petuch, 2004[1]
Conus pseudojaspideus Nowell-Usticke, 1968
Conus sticticus A. Adams, 1855
Conus sulcatus Mühlfeld, 1816
Conus verrucosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792Conus jaspideus is a species of sea snail, a small cone snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
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Distribution
This is a Western Atlantic species.[3]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 30 mm.[4]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 97 m.[4]
References
- ^ Checklist of the living Conidae. accessed 25 May 2010.
- ^ a b Conus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428162 on 28 March 2010.
- ^ http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=6190 Accessed 30 March 2010
- ^ a b c 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.
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