Number of species of fish-, mollusk-, and worm-hunting cone snails of the Conus species
| Range | >500 Conus species |
|---|---|
| Organism | Predatory cone snail Conus spp. |
| Reference | Singer HM et al., Selective purification of recombinant neuroactive peptides using the flagellar type III secretion system. MBio. 2012 May 29 3(3). pii: e00115-12. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00115-12 p.5 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID22647788 |
| Comments | P.5 left column bottom paragraph: "More than 500 species of fish-, mollusk-, and worm-hunting cone snails have evolved, and every Conus species appears to have a repertoire of around 100 different venom components, mostly small, disulfide-rich peptides that rapidly affect the prey organism at multiple targets." See Terlau & Olivera, 2004, PMID 14715910 Abstract: "Each of the 500 Conus can express approximately 100 different conotoxins, with little overlap between species." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 115224 |