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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conasprella (Genus)
> howelli (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conasprella (Endemoconus) howelli (Iredale, 1929) accepted, alternate representation
=Conus howelli Iredale, 1929
=Endemoconus howelli (Iredale, 1929)
Images: Conasprella howelli (Iredale, 1929)
Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
From approx. 95 metres off Ranfurly Bank, East Cape, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in 30 metres, off Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 38mm. Courtesy of Claire Elliot
Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Conasprella (Genus)
> howelli (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Conasprella (Endemoconus) howelli (Iredale, 1929) accepted, alternate representation
=Conus howelli Iredale, 1929
=Endemoconus howelli (Iredale, 1929)
Details: Conasprella howelli (Iredale, 1929)
Size/Grows to:
Height 28mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
Wanganella Bank, Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island, as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 55-805m
Type Data:
  • 90-110 metres, off Montagu Island, New South Wales, Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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 (p.5)
  • Filmer, R.M. Jul/2008 Conus howellii and Conus raoulensis. One or Two Species?
    , The Cone Collector, 7 (p.27)
  • Adams, R. Oct/1995 Conilithes wollastoni, Maxwell and Cone Shells in NZ, Poirieria, 17(4) (p.8)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1981 New records of Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(4) (p.495)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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