Conasprella mindana

Conasprella mindana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Subspecies

 * Conasprella mindanus bermudensis Clench, W.J., 1962
 * Conasprella mindana mindana (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Distribution
Locus typicus: (of C. mindanus agassizii) "Off Santa Cruz (=St. Croix, Virgin Islands) in 115 fathoms.

Specimens of the type material conspecific with C. agassizi

were also collected off Barbados, in 76 fathoms."

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Costa Rica, Guadeloupe and Curacao; in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil, Barbados and Bermuda

Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 50 mm.

Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 210 m.

Gallery
Below are several color forms and one subspecies: