Biology:Conasprella ogum

Short description: Species of gastropod

Conasprella ogum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. ogum
Binomial name
Conasprella ogum (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
Synonyms
Conasprella (Ximeniconus) ogum (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) · accepted, alternate representation Conus ogum (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014) Jaspidiconus ogum Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014 (original combination)

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

Description

This pustulated, shallow water species attains 20 mm in length.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and as far south as Itaparica Island, Bahia, Brazil.

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

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• "Jaspidiconus ogum" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_73751.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q60452350 entry