{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conasprella comatosa | image = Bathyconus_comatosa_01.JPG | image_caption = Shell of ''Conasprella comatosa'' | authority = (Pilsbry, 1904)<ref>Pilsbry, H. A., 1904. New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56</ref> | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|429470|''Conus comatosa'' Pilsbry, 1904||17 July 2011}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Bathyconus comatosus'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1904)</small> * ''Conasprella (Fusiconus) comatosa'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1904)</small> · accepted, alternate representation * ''Conus comatosa'' <small>Pilsbry, 1904</small> (original combination) * ''Conus dormitor'' <small>Pilsbry, H.A. 1904</small> * ''Conus elegans'' <small>Schepman, 1913</small> (invalid: junior homonym of ''Conus elegans'' <small>G.B. Sowerby III, 1895</small>; ''Conus schepmani'' is a replacement name) * ''Conus schepmani'' <small>Fulton, 1936</small> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''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.<ref name="WoRMS" />
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== {{Expand section|date=June 2015|small=no}}
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== {{Reflist}} * 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. * [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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.]
<gallery> File:Conus comatosa1.jpg|''Conasprella comatosa'' Pilsbry, H.A., 1904 File:Conus comatosa2.jpg|''Conasprella comatosa'' Pilsbry, H.A., 1904 </gallery>
==External links== * [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conasprella Comatosa}} comatosa Category:Gastropods of Australia Category:Molluscs of Japan Category:Molluscs of the Philippines Category:Gastropods described in 1904 Category:Taxa named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry
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