The phragmocone is the chambered portion of the shell of a cephalopod. It is divided by septa into camerae. In most nautiloids and ammonoids, the phragmocone is a long, straight, curved, or coiled structure, in which the camarae are linked by a siphuncle which determines buoyancy by means of gas exchange. Despite this benefit, such a large shell a... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phragmocone
Phrag'mo·cone noun [ Greek ..., ..., a fence, an inclosure + ... a cone.] (Zoology) The thin chambered shell attached to the anterior end of a belemnite. [ Written also phragmacone .] Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/78