{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conasprella pacei | image = Conasprella pacei 001.jpg | image_caption = Shell of ''Conasprella pacei'' (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | authority =(Petuch, 1987) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Conasprella (Dalliconus) pacei'' <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small> · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conus pacei'' <small>Petuch, 1987</small> (original combination) * ''Dalliconus pacei'' <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small> | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Conasprella pacei''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella pacei (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835317 on 2015-03-15</ref>

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

== Description == '''Original description:''' "Shell thin, fragile, delicate, elongated in shape; spire high, protracted; shoulder sharp-angled, smooth; protoconch large, 2 whorls; aperture narrow; body whorl ornamented with numerous incised spiral sulci, giving shell silky appearance; spire whorls ornamented with 3-4 thin, spiral threads; shell color pure white; interior of aperture white; periostracum thin, yellow, translucent."<ref name="Petuch, E.J page 55">Petuch, E.J. 1987-''New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas'', page 55. Publ: CERF</ref>

The maximum recorded shell length is 20&nbsp;mm.<ref name="Welch 2010">Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". ''PLoS ONE'' '''5'''(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776|doi-access=free}}.</ref>

==Distribution== '''Locus typicus:''' "Southern coast of Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas."<ref name="Petuch, E.J page 55"/>

This marine species occurs in deep water off the Bahamas.

== Habitat == Minimum recorded depth is 250 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/> Maximum recorded depth is 250 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/>

==References== {{Reflist}} * Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp * [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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: 1–23]

==External links== * [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website] * {{Gastropods.com|key=6|id=24516|title=''Dalliconus pacei''|access-date=15 January 2019}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conasprella Pacei}} pacei Category:Gastropods described in 1987 Category:Taxa named by Edward James Petuch

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