Species Profile
Conus marmoreus
Marbled cone snail
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Conus marmoreus lives in tropical seas.
It is carnivorous and predatory.
It is important in toxin research.
Size & Structure
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Thick cone-shaped shell
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Black and white pattern
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Narrow aperture
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Venomous radula
Conus marmoreus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Eucoelomate (reduced)
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral (secondarily asymmetrical)
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete, extracellular
- Nervous system
- Ganglionic
- Excretory organ
- Metanephridia
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Open circulation, single
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Ctenidial respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton (conical shell)
- Level of Organisation
- Organ-system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoconformer
Ecology
Predator of worms
Controls prey population
Reef ecosystem role
Economic Importance
Neuropharmacology research
Shell trade
Medical importance