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It is estimated that more than 50,000 conopeptides can be found, because every species of cone snail is thought to produce its own specific venom. Cone-snail venom has come to interest biotechnologists and pharmacists because of its potential medicinal properties. Production of synthetic conopeptides has started, using solid-phase peptide ...
Cone snail species have shells that are roughly conical in shape. Many species have colorful patterning on the shell surface. [3] Cone snails are almost exclusively tropical in distribution. All cone snails are venomous and capable of stinging. Cone snails use a modified radula tooth and a venom gland to attack and paralyze their prey
This list of Conus species is a listing of species in the genus Conus, a genus of sea snails, specifically cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae. [1] For many years, all of the cone snails were placed in the genus Conus. More recently a large number of species have been moved to other genera.
Conus is a genus of venomous (with many species having venom lethal to humans [2]) and predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae. [1] Prior to 2009, it included all cone snail species but is now more precisely defined, as are other cone snail genera.
Conus canariensis, [1] common name the butterfly cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [2]Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are protected by local Canarian regulations & laws, [3] they predatory, poisonous and venomous & capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled ...
Conus ebraeus, common name the black-and-white cone or Hebrew cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [ 3 ] Description
Conus marmoreus, common name the "marbled cone", is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. It is the type species for the genus Conus. This is a species which is believed to feed mostly on marine molluscs including other cone snails. [4] [3] This snail is ...
Conus geographus, popularly called the geography cone or the geographer cone, is a species of predatory cone snail. It lives in reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific, and hunts small fish. While all cone snails hunt and kill prey using venom, the venom of Conus geographus is potent enough to kill humans. [3]