Conasprella berschaueri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

This species was named after David Berschauer, editor of the malacological journal The Festivus.

Conasprella berschaueri

Description

The size of the shell attains 16 mm.

Conasprella berschaueri

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off St. Maarten, West Indies

References

Petuch E.J. & Myers R.F. (2014) New species of Conidae and Conilithidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the Bahamas, eastern Caribbean, and Brazil. Xenophora Taxonomy 3: 26-46. 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

Conasprella berschaueri

External links

World Register of Marine Species

Gastropods.com: Jaspidiconus berschaueri

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Gastropods described in 2014