Conasprella lentiginosa 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.

Conasprella lentiginosa

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 38 mm.

Conasprella lentiginosa

Distribution

Thiis marine species occurs off Southern India and off Sri Lanka.

Conasprella lentiginosa

References

Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. 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

Gastrpods.com: Fusiconus lentiginosus

lentiginosa

Gastropods described in 1844