ABSTRACT 2,604 names at the rank of subtribe, tribe, subfamily, family and superfamily
have been proposed for Recent and fossil gastropods, and another 35 for …

Venomics research is being revolutionized by the increased use of sensitive-omics
techniques to identify venom toxins and their transcripts in both well studied and neglected …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Venomous marine snails (superfamily Conoidea) are a remarkably biodiverse marine
invertebrate lineage (featuring more than 10,000 species). Conoideans use complex …

We present a large-scale molecular phylogeny that includes 320 of the 761 recognized valid
species of the cone snails (Conus), one of the most diverse groups of marine molluscs …

A new genus-level classification of the Conoidea is presented, based on the molecular
phylogeny of Puillandre et al. in the accompanying paper. Fifteen lineages are recognized …

We present a new classification for the genus Conus sensu lato (family Conidae), based on
molecular phylogenetic analyses of 329 species. This classification departs from both the …

Nassariidae are a group of scavenging, predominantly marine, snails that are diversified on
soft bottoms as well as on rocky shores, and are the subject of numerous research papers in …

Transcriptome-based exon capture methods provide an approach to recover several
hundred markers from genomic DNA, allowing for robust phylogenetic estimation at deep …

Conopeptides are toxins expressed in the venom duct of cone snails (Conoidea, Conus).
These are mostly well-structured peptides and mini-proteins with high potency and …