''Conasprella alexandremonteiroi'' is a species of
sea snail, a
marine
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gastropod mollusc in the
family
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Conidae
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, the
cone snails
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, cone shells or cones.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella alexandremonteiroi (Cossignani, 2014). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836194 on 2015-03-21]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off
Nicaragua
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.
References
* Cossignani T. (2014) ''Jaspidiconus alexandremonteiroi nuova specie dal Nicaragua''. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 82: 9.
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*
alexandremonteiroi
Gastropods described in 2014
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