#conidae

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Diagnosis: Conus geographus Common name: Geography Cone Notes: This snail is capable of both killing (venomous) and eating (carnivorous) your friend's landlord. The median lethal dose of its venom is about 0.012-0.030 mg/kg, which is over a hundred times more potent than cyanide.

Sure, I'll do the whole family!

There are two species of cone snail, the geography cone and the tulip cone (not pictured here), which use insulin as a weapon.

Mouse Cone Conus mus

A sea snail found in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Western Atlantic. Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Strombidae. This family is made up of true conches, which have long eye-stalks and move in a leaping motion, and are used by humans as food, or their shells for decoration.

Conidae. This family is made up of cone snails, which hunt prey by launching their tooth from their mouth like a harpoon and injecting them with venom.

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The striated cone (Conus striatus) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae (the cone snails). The large, slim shell has a varying length between 44 mm and 129 mm. It is irregularly clouded with pink-white and chestnut or chocolate coloring.

These snails are predatory and venomous. While they are piscivorous (eat fishes), they are capable of "stinging" humans; some species can be deadly.