Conasprella tirardi
Shell of Conasprella tirardi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. tirardi
Binomial name
Conasprella tirardi
(Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Rhizoconus) tirardi Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996
  • Conus tirardi Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996
  • Rhizoconus tirardi (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996)

Conasprella tirardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 31 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, the Tuamotus and the Pitcairn Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Conasprella tirardi (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291291 on 2018-12-27
  • Rabiller M. & Richard G. , 2014. Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from offshore French Polynesia: Description of dredging from TARASOC expedition, with new records and new species. Xenophora Taxonomy 5: 26-49
  • Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp. page(s): 199


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