Conus adansoni sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 (misidentification)
Conus ambaroides Shikama, 1977
Conus assimilis A. Adams, 1855
Conus borneensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus borneensis A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Conus carinatus Swainson, 1822
Conus cernohorskyi da Motta, 1983
Conus circae G. B. Sowerby II, 1858
Conus consul Boivin, 1864
Conus epistomioides Weinkauff, 1875
Conus epistomium Reeve, 1844
Conus frauenfeldi Crosse, 1865
Conus fucatus Reeve, 1849
Conus fulvobullatus da Motta, 1982
Conus melancholicus Lamarck, 1810
Conus metcalfii Reeve, 1843
Conus raphanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Conus rollandi Bernardi, 1860
Conus signifer Crosse, 1865
Conus tasmaniae G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
Conus ustulatus Reeve, 1844
Conus worcesteri Brazier, 1891
Cucullus caesius Röding, 1798
Pionoconus magus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. Their venom contains conotoxins which have powerful neurotoxic effects. Given that they are capable of "stinging" humans, live cone shells should be handled with great care or preferably not at all.
The variety Conus magus var. decurtatus Dautzenberg, 1910 is a synonym of Conus striolatus Kiener, 1848
Conus magus (syn.:Conus fulvobullatus) shows the variability in pattern and color of this species
The size of an adult shell varies between 16mm and 94mm. This common species is very variable in pattern and shade of coloring and embraces a large synonymy. The moderate spire is striate. The body whorl is long and rather cylindrical, closely striate below. The color of the shell is white, clouded with bluish ash, orange-brown, chestnut or chocolate, everywhere encircled by narrow chocolate interrupted lines, often separated into somewhat distant dots The middle of the body whorl is usually irregularly fasciate with white. The spire is tessellated with chestnut or chocolate.[3]
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