Conasprella centurio


Conasprella centurio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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.

Distribution

Locus typicus: - Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo,
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A Western Atlantic species known from the continental shelf of Guyana
and Northern South America and from Monos Isl. Trinidad,
also from St.Vincent and Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 85.5 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. Maximum recorded depth is 175 m.