''Conasprella eucoronata'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

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mollusk in the family

Conidae Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups onl ...

, the

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and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella eucoronata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580169 on 2015-03-01 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. Conus eucoronatus 2

Description

The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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, Rep. South Africa to Southern Yemen; off Southern India and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. Countries in which the species can be found include India, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen, Oman.

Population trend

Currently the population trend of this species is currently stabl

Gallery

File:Conus eucoronatus 3.jpg, ''Conasprella eucoronata'' (Sowerby, G.B. III, 1903) File:Conus eucoronatus 4.jpg, ''Conasprella eucoronata'' (Sowerby, G.B. III, 1903)

References

Petit, R. E. (2009). ''George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa''. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
* Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) ''Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. * Bozzetti L. (2017). ''Conasprella albobrunnea ( Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) a new species from Central Indian Ocean.'' Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 97: 50–51.
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

The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website

Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
* Conasprella, eucoronata Gastropods described in 1903 {{Conidae-stub