There are over 900 different species of cone snails. Cone snails are typically found in warm tropical seas and oceans … See more

Cone snails have a large variety of shell colors and patterns, with local varieties and color forms of the same species often occurring. This variety in color and pattern has led to the creation of a large number of known syn… See more

Cone snails are carnivorous. Their prey consists of marine worms, small fish, molluscs, and other cone snails. Cone snails are slow-moving, and use a venomous harpoon to disable faster-moving prey. … See more

Cone snails are prized for their brightly colored and patterned shells, which may tempt people to pick them up. This is risky, as the snail often fires its harpoon in self defense when disturbed. The harpoons of some of th… See more

Until 2009 all species within the family Conidae were placed in one genus, Conus. Testing of the molecular phylogeny of the Conidae was first conducted by Christopher Meyer and Alan Kohn, and has continued, particularly … See more

• Afonsoconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2013
• Africonus Petuch, 1975
• Afroconus Petuch, 1975
• Ammirales Schepman, 1913… See more

• ConoServer, a database of cone snail toxins, known as conopeptides. These toxins are of importance to medical research.
• Conotoxin See more