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Conidae [′kän·ə‚dē] (invertebrate zoology) A family of marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda containing the poisonous cone shells. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| For example, ziconotide--a pain killer 1,000 times more powerful than morphine--comes from marine cone snails that inhabit narrow ranges in coral reefs and thus are increasingly endangered by coral bleaching, mostly from global warming. William Brose and was derived from the venom of a killer sea snail, the cone snail. Conopeptides are a highly specialized, but structurally and functionally diverse group of peptides produced by venomous Conus sea snails, or cone snails. |
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