''Conasprella josei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family

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, cone shells or cones.MolluscaBase (2018). Conasprella josei (Petuch & Berschauer, 2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932045 on 2018-03-26

Description

Shell size 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off

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, Brazil.

References

* Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2016). Six new species of gastropods (Fasciolariidae, Conidae, and Conilithidae) from Brazil. The Festivus. 48(4): 257–266.

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Gastropods described in 2016 {{Conus-stub