Conasprella


Conasprella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. This genus was formerly treated by some experts as a member of the family Conilithidae and as an "alternative representation" of this group of species.

Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & [Tenorio cone snail taxonomy 2009|Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy] distinguishes Conasprella from Conus in the following ways:

Species list

This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species list. Species within the genus Conasprella include:
According to the 2014 taxonomy, the following species include the following subgenera: Boucheticonus, Coltroconus, Conasprella, Dalliconus, Endemoconus, Fusiconus, Kohniconus, Lilliconus, Parviconus, Pseudoconorbis, and Ximenoconus, as well as Conasprella delessertii, a species "incertae sedes". These subgenera are accepted and are considered alternative representations.Conasprella aculeiformis Conasprella agassizi Conasprella ageri Hendricks, 2015Conasprella alexandremonteiroi Conasprella alisi Conasprella allamandi Conasprella anacarolinae Cossignani, 2019Conasprella anaglyptica Conasprella aphrodite Conasprella aquitanica Conasprella arawak Conasprella arcuata Conasprella armiger Conasprella articulata Conasprella aturensis Conasprella baccata Conasprella baileyi Conasprella bajanensis Conasprella berschaueri Conasprella berwerthi Conasprella bianchii Conasprella boholensis Conasprella booti Conasprella boriqua Conasprella boucheti Conasprella bozzettii Conasprella burckhardti Conasprella carlagrezziae Conasprella carvalhoi Conasprella centurio Conasprella cercadensis Conasprella chaac Conasprella chinchorroensis Conasprella coletteae Conasprella comatosa Conasprella coriolisi Conasprella coromandelica Conasprella crabosi Conasprella culebrana Conasprella damasoi Conasprella damasomonteiroi Conasprella delessertii Conasprella dictator Conasprella dieteri Conasprella edpetuchi Conasprella elegans Conasprella elokismenos Conasprella emarginata Conasprella ericmonnieri Conasprella eucoronata Conasprella eugrammata Conasprella fenzani Conasprella ferreirai Conasprella fijiensis Conasprella fluviamaris Conasprella gattegnoi Conasprella geeraertsi Conasprella gordyi Conasprella gregorioi Conasprella grohi Conasprella gubernatrix Conasprella guidopoppei Conasprella henckesi Conasprella henriquei Conasprella herndli Conasprella hivana Conasprella hopwoodi Conasprella howelli Conasprella iansa Conasprella icapui Conasprella ichinoseana Conasprella imitator Conasprella insculpta Conasprella ione Conasprella itapua Conasprella ixchel Conasprella janapatriceae Conasprella janowskyae Conasprella jaspidea Conasprella joanae Conasprella joliveti Conasprella josei Conasprella kantangana Conasprella kellyae Conasprella keppensi Conasprella kimioi Conasprella kitteredgei Conasprella kohni Conasprella laudelinoi Conasprella lemuriana Monnier, Tenorio, Bouchet & Puillandre, 2018Conasprella lenhilli Conasprella lentiginosa Conasprella levenensis Conasprella lindapowersae Conasprella lizarum Conasprella longurionis Conasprella lorenzi Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012Conasprella lucida Conasprella lusca Conasprella mahogani Conasprella marcusi Conasprella marinae Conasprella masinoi Conasprella mazei Conasprella mcgintyi Conasprella memiae Conasprella mindana Conasprella minutissima Harzhauser & Landau, 2016Conasprella nereis Conasprella ogum Conasprella olangoensis Conasprella orbignyi Conasprella otohimeae Conasprella pacei Conasprella pagoda Conasprella paumotu Conasprella pepeiu Conasprella perplexa Conasprella pfluegeri Conasprella philippequiquandoni Conasprella pomponeti Conasprella poremskii Conasprella prugnaudorum Conasprella pseudokimioi Conasprella pseudorbignyi Conasprella puncticulata Conasprella pusio Conasprella rachelae Conasprella rainesae Conasprella ramalhoi Conasprella ramosorum Conasprella raoulensis Conasprella roatanensis Conasprella roberti Conasprella rutila Conasprella saecularis Conasprella sargenti Conasprella sauros Conasprella scaripha Conasprella schirrmeisteri Conasprella serafimi Conasprella sieboldii Conasprella simonei Conasprella somalica Conasprella spirofilis Conasprella stearnsii Conasprella stenostoma Conasprella stocki Conasprella tammymyersae Conasprella subturrita Conasprella tayrona Conasprella tiki Conasprella tirardi Conasprella toincabrali Conasprella torensis Conasprella tornata Conasprella traceyi Conasprella traversiana Conasprella valianti Conasprella vanhyningi Conasprella vantwoudti Conasprella viminea Conasprella wakayamaensis Conasprella wendrosi Conasprella ximenes


The following species were brought into synonymy:Conasprella albobrunnea Bozzetti, 2017: synonym of Conasprella eucoronata Conasprella biraghii : synonym of Lilliconus biraghii Conasprella cancellata Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: synonym of Conus cancellatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792Conasprella guyanensis : synonym of Conasprella bajanensis Conasprella hivanus : synonym of Conasprella hivana Conasprella hypochlorus : synonym of Conasprella insculpta Conasprella sagei : synonym of ''Lilliconus sagei''

List of synonyms of the genus ''Conasprella''

Bathyconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009Boucheticonus Tucker & Tenorio, 2013Coltroconus Petuch, 2013Conasprella Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella Petuch, 2013 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella Thiele, 1929 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella Iredale, 1931 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella da Motta, 1991 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1994 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella Tucker & Tenorio, 2009 · accepted, alternate representationConasprella Emerson & Old, 1962 · accepted, alternate representationConus Thiele, 1929Dalliconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009Duodenticonus Tucker & Tenorio, 2013Endemoconus Iredale, 1931Fumiconus da Motta, 1991Fusiconus da Motta, 1991Globiconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009Jaspidiconus Petuch, 2003Kermasprella Powell, 1958Kohniconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009Lilliconus G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1994Mamiconus Cotton & Godfrey, 1932Parviconus Cotton & Godfrey, 1932Perplexiconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009Pseudoconorbis Tucker & Tenorio, 2009Viminiconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009Ximeniconus Emerson & Old, 1962Yeddoconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2009

Significance of "alternative representation"

Prior to 2009, all cone species were placed within the family Conidae and were placed in one genus, Conus. In 2009 however, J.K. Tucker and M.J. Tenorio proposed a classification system for the over 600 recognized species that were in the family. Their classification proposed 3 distinct families and 82 genera for the living species of cone snails, including the family Conilithidae. This classification was based upon shell morphology, radular differences, anatomy, physiology, cladistics, with comparisons to molecular studies. Published accounts of genera within the Conidae that include the genus Conasprella include J.K. Tucker & M.J. Tenorio, and Bouchet et al.,.
Testing in order to try to understand the molecular phylogeny of the Conidae was initially begun by Christopher Meyer and Alan Kohn, and is continuing, particularly with the advent of nuclear DNA testing in addition to mDNA testing.
However, in 2011, some experts preferred to use the traditional classification, where all species are placed in Conus within the single family Conidae: for example, according to the November 2011 version of the World Register of Marine Species, all species within the family Conidae are in the genus Conus. The binomial names of species in the 82 cone snail genera listed in Tucker & Tenorio 2009 are recognized by the World Register of Marine Species as "alternative representations." Debate within the scientific community regarding this issue continues, and additional molecular phylogeny studies are being carried out in an attempt to clarify the issue.
All this has been superseded in 2015 by the new classification of the Conidae