Conasprella mcgintyi | |
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Shell of Conasprella mcgintyi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conasprella |
Species: | C. mcgintyi
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Binomial name | |
Conasprella mcgintyi | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Conasprella mcgintyi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [2]
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.
This is a western Atlantic species, which occurs from Florida to Brazil, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico.
Conasprella mcgintyi has elongate, many-whorled shell with a high conical spire. The external coloration is white with orange markings.
The maximum recorded shell length is 52.2 mm. [3]
Minimum recorded depth is 55 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 219 m. [3]
Conasprella mcgintyi | |
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Shell of Conasprella mcgintyi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conasprella |
Species: | C. mcgintyi
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Binomial name | |
Conasprella mcgintyi | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Conasprella mcgintyi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [2]
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.
This is a western Atlantic species, which occurs from Florida to Brazil, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico.
Conasprella mcgintyi has elongate, many-whorled shell with a high conical spire. The external coloration is white with orange markings.
The maximum recorded shell length is 52.2 mm. [3]
Minimum recorded depth is 55 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 219 m. [3]