Conasprella comatosa

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

Conasprella comatosa
Shell of Conasprella comatosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. comatosa
Binomial name
Conasprella comatosa
(Pilsbry, 1904) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Bathyconus comatosus (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Conasprella (Fusiconus) comatosa (Pilsbry, 1904) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus comatosa Pilsbry, 1904 (original combination)
  • Conus dormitor Pilsbry, H.A. 1904
  • Conus elegans Schepman, 1913 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus elegans G.B. Sowerby III, 1895; Conus schepmani is a replacement name)
  • Conus schepmani Fulton, 1936

Like all species within the genus Conasprella, 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 the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, the Philippines, Northwest Australia, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands.

References
  1. Pilsbry, H. A., 1904. New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56
  2. Conus comatosa Pilsbry, 1904. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 July 2011.
  • Pilsbry, H.A. 1904. New Japanese marine Mollusca: Pelecypoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 56: 550–561, pls 39–41
  • Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
  • Fulton, H.C. 1936. Molluscan Notes 6. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 22: 7–8
  • 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. 4 September 2009 Edition
  • Puillandre N., Meyer C.P., Bouchet P. & Olivera B.M. (2011) Genetic divergence and geographic variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea). Zoologica Scripta 40(4): 350–363.
  • Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands – The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23.
  • Conasprella comatosa Pilsbry, H.A., 1904
  • Conasprella comatosa Pilsbry, H.A., 1904

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