A group of shells belonging to various species of cone snails. Cone snails, or cones, are highly venomous sea snails of the family Conidae. [1] Fossils of cone snails have been found from the Eocene to the Holocene epochs. [2] Cone snail species have shells that …

May 7, 2022 · With an undetectable sting and enough toxin to kill 700 people, the cone snail is one of the most venomous predatory animals in the ocean. The cone snail attacks quickly, leaving its victims unaware of their fast-approaching demise.

Most cone snails live in relatively shallow water near coral reefs, hiding in the sand, under coral shelves, or under or near piles of rubble. Some live among mangroves. Physical Characteristics. All cone snails are wide at one end and narrow at the base (the typical “cone” shape).

Jan 12, 2024 · Cone snails are not currently listed as endangered or threatened, but their populations are at risk of depletion due to being over-harvested for their highly-prized shells, as well as being collected for scientific and medical research on …

Oct 31, 2024 · Cone snails are a group of around 1,000 species of venomous, predatory marine snails that live mostly in shallow, tropical waters around the globe. Their cone-shaped shells are intricately patterned and brightly colored — prized by seashell collectors — and their venom is fascinating to biomedical researchers.

Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea groups only cone snails in the family Conidae.

Indigenous to the reefs of the Indo-Pacific, geographic cones grow to about 6 inches in length and have intricately patterned brown-and-white shells highly prized by shell collectors. The...

Conus geographus, popularly called the geography cone or the geographer cone, is a species of predatory cone snail. It lives in reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific, and hunts small fish. While all cone snails hunt and kill prey using venom, the venom of Conus geographus is …

Cone shell, any of several marine snails of the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda) constituting the genus Conus and the family Conidae (about 500 species). The shell is typically straight-sided, with a tapering body whorl, low spire, and narrow aperture (the opening into the …

Cone snails, also known as cone shells, or cones, are a large group of small- to large-sized extremely venomous predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. There are over 900 different species of cone snails and they are typically found in …