A genus of gastropod molluscs, the cone snails posses exceptionally venomous NEUROTOXINS (known as CONOTOXINS) with which they kill fish. Brief consideration of their situation indicates the problem they face: cone snails are relatively small and not...

The cone snails or cone shells, sometimes simply known as "cones", (family Conidae), are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, sophisticated predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. The shells of cone snails are shaped like an ice-cream...