Conasprella Thiele 1929 (cone shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Alternative spelling: Conus (Conasprella)

Synonym: Duodenticonus Tucker and Tenorio 2013

Parent taxon: Conidae according to N. Puillandre et al. 2015

See also Bouchet et al. 2011 and Landau et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Africonus, Asprella, Austroconus, Calamiconus, Calibanus, Californiconus, Chelyconus, Conasprelloides, Conilithes, Coninae, Conorbinae, Conus, Cryptoconus, Cylindrus, Darioconus, Dauciconus, Dendroconus, Ductoconus, Dyraspis, Eremiconus, Eugeniconus, Floraconus, Fulgiconus, Gastridium, Genuanoconus, Gladioconus, Globiconus, Gradiconus, Harmoniconus, Hermes, Hortia, Jaspidiconus, Kalloconus, Kenyonia, Ketyconus, Kioconus, Kohniconus, Kuradoconus, Lamniconus, Lautoconus, Leporiconus, Leptoconus, Lilliconus, Lindaconus, Lithoconus, Lividoconus, Miliariconus, Moniliopsis, Monteiroconus, Nataliconus, Parviconus, Perplexiconus, Phasmoconus, Pionoconus, Plagioconus, Plicaustraconus, Profundiconus, Protostrioconus, Pseudoconorbis, Pseudolilliconus, Pseudonoduloconus, Pseudotominae, Puncticuliinae, Puncticulis, Purpuriconus, Pyruconus, Quasiconus, Raphitominae, Rhizoconus, Rhombiconus, Rolaniconus, Sciteconus, Seminoleconus, Siphopsinae, Stellaconus, Stephanoconus, Strategoconus, Taranteconus, Textilia, Trovaoconus, Turriconus, Varioconus, Virgiconus, Virroconus, Vituliconus, Ximeniconus

Subtaxa: Conasprella (Boucheticonus) Conasprella (Coltroconus) Conasprella (Conasprella) Conasprella (Dalliconus) Conasprella (Endemoconus) Conasprella (Fusiconus) Conasprella (Ximeniconus) Conasprella stenostoma

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Type: Conus pagoda

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Fiji (1 collection), Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Taiwan (9), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (5), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Papua New Guinea (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (9), Haiti (1), India (2), Indonesia (2), Myanmar (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (4), Papua New Guinea (1)

Total: 53 collections including 62 occurrences

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