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.^[3]

Conus consors
Apertural view of Conus consors daullei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. consors
Binomial name
Conus consors G. B. Sowerby I, 1833[2]
Synonyms[3]
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.^[4]

Distribution

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