cone shells
Toxic marine mollusks
Cone shells are predatory sea snails with distinctively cone-shaped shells, found in tropical and subtropical waters.
The shells are prized by collectors for their intricate patterns, but the living animals are dangerous—they hunt using a venomous harpoon-like tooth that can be fatal to humans.
Never pick up a live cone shell.
- gastropodSingle-shelled soft creature
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- snailsShelled terrestrial gastropods
- seasnailMarine gastropod mollusk
- venomousProducing injected toxins
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- shellsseashells, clam, oyster, mussel, scallop
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Mollusks used as currency
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