Animal Limax. Testa univalvis convoluta, turbinata. Apertura effusa, longitudinalis, linearis, edentula, basi integra. Columella laevis.

Animal snail. Shell univalve, enrolled, conical. Aperture effuse, long, straight, without teeth, base entire. Columella smooth.

Genus Conus includes more than 600 living species subdivided into many subspecies and  formae. The known fossil species are numerous.
The Cones present the greater taxonomic problems between all the genera of gastropods.