Conasprella centurio
Species of gastropod
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Conasprella centurio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conasprella centurio (Born, I. von, 1778) | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Species: | C. centurio |
| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella centurio (Born, 1778) | |
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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.
Distribution
Locus typicus: (designated by Clench) - Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, (Dominican Republic).
A Western Atlantic species known from the continental shelf of Guyana and Northern South America and from Monos Isl. Trinidad, also from St.Vincent and Barbados, in the Lesser Antilles.
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