Conasprella tirardi

Conasprella tirardi
	Shell of Conasprella tirardi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. tirardi
Binomial name
	Conasprella tirardi; (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996)
Synonyms
	Conus (Rhizoconus) tirardi Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996; Conus tirardi Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996; Rhizoconus tirardi (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996);

Conasprella tirardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 31 mm.

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, the Tuamotus and the Pitcairn Islands.

^ Bouchet, P. (2013). "Conus tirardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192690A2141900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192690A2141900.en. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Conasprella tirardi (Röckel & Moolenbeek, 1996). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291291 on 2018-12-27

Rabiller M. & Richard G., 2014. Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from offshore French Polynesia: Description of dredging from TARASOC expedition, with new records and new species. Xenophora Taxonomy 5: 26-49
Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp. page(s): 199