Kingdom Animalia Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Scientific name Conus centurio Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Superfamily Conoidea Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Conasprella jaspidea, Conasprella puncticulata, Conus borneensis, Conus mus, Conus clerii | ||
Conasprella centurio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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Like all species within the genus Conasprella, thesecone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Distribution
A Western Atlantic species known from the continental shelf of Guyana and Northern South America and from Monos Isl. Trinidad, St.Vincent and Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 85.5 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. Maximum recorded depth is 175 m.
References
Conasprella centurio Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA