Conus consors

Conus consors, common name the singed cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

Conus consors
Apertural view of Conus consors daullei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. consors
Binomial name
Conus consors
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Pionoconus) consors G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus anceps A. Adams, 1855
  • Conus daullei Crosse, 1858
  • Conus innexus A. Adams, 1855
  • Conus poehlianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
  • Conus turschi da Motta, 1985
  • Pionoconus consors (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)

Like all species within the genus Conus, these 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 an adult shell varies between 33 mm and 118 mm. The depressed spire is conical, with a shallow channel and revolving striae, sometimes tessellated with chestnut. The body whorl is rather narrow, somewhat convex, grooved towards the base, somewhat round-shouldered, rather thin. The color of the shell is white, yellowish and orange-brown, variously clouded and indistinctly banded. The aperture is white.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific Region to the Marshall Islands, in Melanesia and off Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1833. Conus. pls 24–37 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd).
  2. Conus consors G. B. Sowerby II, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 July 2011.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p 52; 1879
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • Conus consors daullei Crosse, 1858 – Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 10: plate 2.
  • "Pioconus consors". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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