Profundiconus smirna

Profundiconus smirna, common name the Smirna cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1][2]

Profundiconus smirna
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Profundiconus smirna (Bartsch, P. & H.A. Rehder, 1943)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Profundiconus
Species:	P. smirna
Binomial name
Profundiconus smirna (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
Synonyms[1]
Conus smirna Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 (original combination)

Like all species within the genus Profundiconus, 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 39 mm and 98 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Japan; off Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand.