{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conasprella perplexa | image = Perplexiconus perplexus.JPG | image_caption = Apertural view of shell of ''Conasprella perplexa'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1857)</small> | authority =(G. B. Sowerby II, 1857) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Conasprella (Ximeniconus) perplexa'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1857)</small> · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conus perplexus'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1857</small> (original combination) * ''Perplexiconus perplexus'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1857)</small> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Conasprella perplexa''''' 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 perplexa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1857). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836707 on 2015-06-19</ref>
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.
They are known as cono perplejo in Mexico.
==Description== They are a yellowish-white color with variable spiral rows of dots and dashes. Their aperture is purple. The shell is covered with a thin periostracum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puzzled Cone Shell {{!}} Mexican Shells.org |url=https://www.mexican-shells.org/puzzled-cone-shell/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm. {{Expand section|date=June 2015}}
==Distribution== This marine species occurs off Baja California, Mexico to Peru; and off the Galápagos Islands.
==References== {{Reflist}} * [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]
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Conus perplexus 1.jpg|''Conasprella perplexa'' <small>Sowerby, G.B. II, 1857</small> File:Conus perplexus 2.jpg|''Conasprella perplexa'' <small>Sowerby, G.B. II, 1857</small> File:Conus perplexus 3.jpg|''Conasprella perplexa'' <small>Sowerby, G.B. II, 1857</small> </gallery>
==External links== * [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website] * [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea] * {{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=701|title=''Perplexiconus perplexus''|access-date=15 January 2019}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conasprella Perplexa}} perplexa Category:Gastropods described in 1857 Category:Taxa named by George Brettingham Sowerby II
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