Predatory and Defensive Strategies in Cone Snails
Cone snails are carnivorous marine animals that prey on fish (piscivorous), worms (vermivorous), or other mollusks (molluscivorous). They produce a complex venom mostly made of disulfide-rich conotoxins and conopeptides in a compartmentalized venom gland. The pharmacology of cone snail venom has bee...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-02-01
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Series: | Toxins |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/16/2/94 |