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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)
From approx. 95 metres off Ranfurly Bank, East Cape, NZ. 20mm
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:
Off Three Kings Islands, Wanganella Bank and Lord Howe Island. Bay of Plenty, Off White Island
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
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)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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