{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conasprella viminea | image =Conasprella viminea 01.jpg | image2 = | image_caption =Five views of a shell of ''Conasprella viminea'' <small>(Reeve, L.A., 1849)</small> | authority = (Reeve, 1849) | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Conasprella (Fusiconus) viminea'' <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small> · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conus vimineus'' <small>Reeve, 1849</small> (original combination) * ''Viminiconus vimineus'' <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Conasprella viminea''''', common name the '''wickerwork cone''', 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 viminea (Reeve, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835425 on 2015-03-16</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== The size of the shell varies between 29 mm and 43 mm. {{Expand section|date=June 2015}}
==Distribution== This marine species occurs in the southern part of the Red Sea; off the Seychelles; Southern India; Sri Lanka; Western Thailand and off the Philippines.
==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]
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [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=8|id=3858|title=''Viminiconus vimineus''|access-date=15 January 2019}} * [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2007-30803?listIndex=445&listCount=449 Specimen at MNHN, Paris]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conasprella Viminea}} viminea Category:Gastropods described in 1849 Category:Taxa named by Lovell Augustus Reeve
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