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Cone Snail

Cone Snail. James Tenorio 1 st Period. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Family: Conidae Genus: Conus Over 600 species. Habitat. Family is found in warm, tropical seas and oceans worldwide Genus is found in all tropical and subtropical seas

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Cone Snail

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  1. Cone Snail James Tenorio 1st Period

  2. Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Mollusca • Class: Gastropoda • Family: Conidae • Genus: Conus • Over 600 species

  3. Habitat • Family is found in warm, tropical seas and oceans worldwide • Genus is found in all tropical and subtropical seas • Lives in or near coral reefs

  4. Feeding • Carnivorous and predatory • hunt and eat worms (vermivores) • Fish (piscivores) • mollusks, and other cone snails (molluscivores)

  5. Harpoon and Venom • Uses a venomous harpoon called a toxoglossanradula to capture faster-moving prey, such as fish • Each harpoon is a modified tooth primarily made of chitin • The radular tooth is loaded with venom, which can be fatal, and can be fired into the prey by a powerful muscle contraction • Venom can also be used for creating pharmaceutical drugs

  6. Harpoon and Venom

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