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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.
Members genus Conasprella feed on polychaete worms.
Synonymised names:
Conus branhamae Clench, 1953
Conus jaspideus branhamae Clench, 1953
Conus jaspideus pealii Green, 1830
Conus nodiferus Kiener, 1847
Conus pealii Green, 1830 (original combination, original rank)
Conus pseudojaspideus Nowell-Usticke, 1968
Conus sticticus A. Adams, 1855
Conus sulcatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus sulcatus Hwass, 1792)
Conus verrucosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Jaspidiconus branhamae (Clench, 1953)
Jaspidiconus jaspideus pealii (Green, 1830)· accepted, alternate representation
Jaspidiconus pealii (Green, 1830)