Conus consors

Pionoconus consors
Apertural view of Pionoconus consors daullei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Subfamily:	Coninae
Genus:	Pionoconus
Species:	P. consors
Binomial name
Pionoconus consors G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus anceps A. Adams, 1855 Conus innexus A. Adams, 1855 Conus poehlianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1887 Pionoconus consors (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)

Pionoconus 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]

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 along Queensland, Australia.

References

1. ^ Sowerby (ii), G. B. Jr., 1833. The Conchological Illustrations
2. ^ ^{a b} Conus consors G. B. Sowerby II, 1833.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426462 on 17 July 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p 52; 1879

• Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
• Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Conus consors daullei Crosse, 1858 - Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 10: plate 2.
• Gastropods.com: Pionoconus consors; accessed: 17 July 2011