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A group of shells belonging to various species of cone snails. Cone snails, or cones, are highly venomous sea snails of the family Conidae. [1] Fossils of cone snails have been found from the Eocene to the Holocene epochs. [2] Cone snail species have shells that are roughly conical in shape. Many species have colorful patterning on the shell ...
Gastridium geographus (Linnaeus, 1758 ) 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.
Cone snail venom apparatus. There are approximately 30 records of humans killed by cone snails. Human victims suffer little pain, because the venom contains an analgesic component. Some species reportedly can kill a human in under five minutes, thus the name "cigarette snail" as supposedly one only has time to smoke a cigarette before dying.
Synonyms [ 1] List. Fossil Conus pelagicus from the Pliocene of Cyprus. Conus is a genus of venomous 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 textile. Conus textile, the textile cone or the cloth of gold cone[3] is a venomous species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. Textile cone snails live mostly in the Indian Ocean, along the eastern coast of Africa and around Australia. [4]
Conus magus. Conus magus, common name the magical 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 predatory and venomous. Their venom contains conotoxins which have powerful neurotoxic effects.
Cone snails possess venom that is so strong that it may rapidly paralyze and ultimately kill victims. Conus purus venom is a complicated mixture of substances that blocks various neuromuscular pathways, ultimately resulting in paralysis. It is estimated that the number of bioactive chemicals in each snail's venom is over 100,000.
Conus generalis. Conus generalis, common name the general cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [ 3] These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.