One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. [PDF]
Journal of Molluscan Studies, 2015 We present a new classification for the genus Conus sensu lato (family Conidae), based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of 329 species. This classification departs from both the traditional classification in only one genus and from a recently proposed shell- and radula-based classification scheme that separates members of this group into five ...
Christopher P Meyer +2 more
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Mollusk-Derived Peptides at the Food-Pharma Interface: Bioactivities, Preclinical Evidence, and Development Prospects [PDF]
MoleculesMollusk-derived peptides are an expanding class of marine bioactive molecules that link food-protein utilization with pharmaceutical peptide discovery.
Muhammad Imran +7 more
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Insights into the origins of fish hunting in venomous cone snails from studies of Conus tessulatus [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015 Helena Safavi-Hemami +2 more
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Non-Peptidic Small Molecule Components from Cone Snail Venoms
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Venomous molluscs (Superfamily Conoidea) comprise a substantial fraction of tropical marine biodiversity (>15,000 species). Prior characterization of cone snail venoms established that bioactive venom components used to capture prey, defend against ...
Zhenjian Lin +14 more
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χ-Conotoxins are an Evolutionary Innovation of Mollusk-Hunting Cone Snails as a Counter-Adaptation to Prey Defense. [PDF]
Mol Biol EvolMollusk-hunting (molluscivorous) cone snails belong to a monophyletic group in Conus, a genus of venomous marine snails. The molluscivorous lineage evolved from ancestral worm-hunting (vermivorous) snails ∼18 Ma.
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Small Molecules in the Cone Snail Arsenal [PDF]
Organic Letters, 2015 Cone snails are renowned for producing peptide-based venom, containing conopeptides and conotoxins, to capture their prey. A novel small-molecule guanine derivative with unprecedented features, genuanine, was isolated from the venom of two cone snail species.
Jorge L B, Neves +6 more
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, 2023 Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of cones (cone snails) and strombs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of the Indian ...
Laxmilatha, P +4 more
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Glowing seashells: diversity of fossilized coloration patterns on coral reef-associated cone snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The biology of modern Conidae (cone snails)--which includes the hyperdiverse genus Conus--has been intensively studied, but the fossil record of the clade remains poorly understood, particularly within an evolutionary framework.
Jonathan R Hendricks
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Complete mitochondrial genome of Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff, 1875 (Neogastropoda, Conidae) and phylogenetic implications of the evolutionary diversification of dietary types of Conus species [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 The family Conidae, commonly known as cone snails, is one of the most intriguing gastropod groups owing to their diverse array of feeding behaviors (diets) and toxin peptides (conotoxins).
Yucheol Lee, Joong-Ki Park
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Venomics-Accelerated Cone Snail Venom Peptide Discovery [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018 Cone snail venoms are considered a treasure trove of bioactive peptides. Despite over 800 species of cone snails being known, each producing over 1000 venom peptides, only about 150 unique venom peptides are structurally and functionally characterized.
S. Himaya, Richard Lewis
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