Conasprella mindana


Conasprella mindana 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 snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Subspecies

Conasprella mindanus bermudensis Clench, W.J., 1962
  • ''Conasprella mindana mindana''

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Santa Cruz in 115 fathoms.
Specimens of the type material conspecific with C. agassizi
were also collected off Barbados, in 76 fathoms."
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Costa Rica, Guadeloupe and Curacao; in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil, Barbados and Bermuda

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 50 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 210 m.