Conasprella damasomonteiroi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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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. damasomonteiroi
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| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella damasomonteiroi (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
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Description edit
The height of the shell attains 24 mm. It has an orange and white patterned shell.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella damasomonteiroi (Petuch & Myers, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845461 on 2015-06-15
- Petuch E.J. & Myers R.F. (2014) Additions to the cone shell faunas (Conidae and Conilithidae) of the Cearaian and Bahian subprovinces, Brazilian Molluscan Province. Xenophora Taxonomy 4: 30-43.
- 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
External links edit
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Jaspidiconus damasomonteiroi[permanent dead link]
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