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Cone snail

Cone snails, or cones, are highly venomous sea snails that constitute the family Conidae. Conidae is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea.

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Cone snail

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Cone snail

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related to Further reading · 184
Cone snail → A1-A4, American, Annales, Bahamas Platform, Bahamian, Bernardi AC, Berschauer, Bibcode, Biological Society, Boca Raton, Bouchet, Brazil, Brésil, Bull, Caenogastropoda, Calypso, Caribbean, Carpenter KE, Cenozoic Seas, Central American
related to 1993 to 2011 list of genera · 83
Cone snail → Aartsen, Abyssobela Kantor, Adams, Angas, Austrodaphnella Laseron, Bartsch, Bellardi, Boettger, Bonfitto, Bouchet, Bucquoy, Burrows, Carpenter, Clarke, Clathromangelia Monterosato, Clench, Clinura Bellardi, Conidae, Conoidea, Conopleura Hinds
related to External links · 53
Cone snail → AI May Lead, Alexander Medvedev's, Archived, Backhuys Publishers, Baldomero, BBC Nature Video Cone, BBC News Article, Bebbington, Catalogue, Census, CNN, ConeShell Collection Giancarlo Paganelli, Conus, Conus Biodiversity, Conus Peptides Archived, Drug Discovery, EditionFilmer, Fontaine, Hunting Footage, John
related to Current taxonomy · 31
Cone snail → Bouchet, Brazier, Californiconus, Conidae, Conilithes Swainson, Contraconus Olsson, Conus, Craig, Drolshagen, Duda, Eoconus, Harbison, Hemiconus Cossmann, Herndliconus Petuch, In, Journal, Kuroda, Linnaeus, Meyer, Molluscan Studies
related to Distribution and habitat · 15
Cone snail → Agulhas, California, Californiconus, Cape, Cone, Conidae, Fewer, Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean, South Africa, Species, Tropical Atlantic, Tropical Eastern Pacific, Western Indo-Pacific, While
related to Species · 15
Cone snail → Alan Kohn, Bouchet, Christopher Meyer, Conidae, Conoidean, Conus, DNA, In, Published, Tenorio, Tenorio's, Testing, This, Tucker, Until
related to Medical use · 12
Cone snail → Alzheimer's, Conus, December, Drug Administration, Food, It, Other, Parkinson's, Prialt, The, This, Ziconotide
related to 2009, Tucker & Tenorio · 9
Cone snail → Conoidean, In, John, Manuel, Puillandre, Tenorio, Tenorio's, This, Tucker
related to history · 9
Cone snail → Conidae, Coninae, Conus, In, Prior, Taylor, The, This, Turridae
related to Venom · 8
Cone snail → Cone, Conoidea, Human, It, Normally, Some, The, There

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the Cape coast of South Africainstance ofsome species have adapted to temperate/semi-tropical environments and are endemic to areas0.80text
the Mediterraneaninstance ofsome species have adapted to temperate/semi-tropical environments and are endemic to areas0.80text
or the cool subtropical waters of southern Californiainstance ofsome species have adapted to temperate/semi-tropical environments and are endemic to areas0.80text
the peacock mantis shrimpinstance ofThe speed of other animals0.80text
the trap-jaw ant was measured at the free end of a fixed appendageinstance ofThe speed of other animals0.80text
while the speed of the harpoon was measured from its baseinstance ofThe speed of other animals0.80text
traveling inside the proboscis.The reason for this speed relies in hydrostatic pressure by the fluid inside the proboscis which propels the harpoon inside until it is almost completely outinstance ofThe speed of other animals0.80text
Cone snailrelated to 1993 to 2011 list of generaFollowing Taylor0.60section
Cone snailrelated to 1993 to 2011 list of generaConidae0.60section
Cone snailrelated to 1993 to 2011 list of generaHowever0.60section
Cone snailrelated to 1993 to 2011 list of generaTurridae0.60section
Cone snailrelated to 1993 to 2011 list of generaConoidea0.60section

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