Conus laterculatus

Asprella laterculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Subfamily:	Coninae
Genus:	Asprella
Species:	A. laterculatus
Binomial name
Asprella laterculata G. B. Sowerby III, 1870 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Asprella laterculata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1870)

Asprella laterculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

Like all species with the Superfamily: Conoidea, these 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 an adult shell varies between 33 mm and 64 mm.

The shell is distantly channeled throughout, the interstices usually plane, sometimes minutely granular. The channels are narrow, longitudinally striated. The spire is much elevated, acuminated, striate, sometimes obscurely minutely coronated. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with light chestnut longitudinal short irregular lines, and clouds of the same color forming three obscure interrupted bands. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species is found along the Philippines, Borneo and Vietnam.

References

1. ^ Sowerby (III), G. B. III, 1870. Descriptions of Forty-eight new Species of Shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1870: 219 -259
2. ^ ^{a b} Asprella laterculata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428175 on 27 July 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 73; 1879 (He considered C. laterculus a juvenile of Conus australis (Chemn.) )

• Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
• Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Gastropods.com: Asprella laterculata; accessed : 27 July 2011