The first comprehensive volume exclusively on marine cone snails this book provides descriptions of over 100 species of hazardous marine snails along with their biological and ecological characteristics; the characteristics of conotoxins; information on cone snail injuries and their treatment along with prevention measures; and the therapeutic and medicinal value of conotoxins including as a powerful nonaddictive painkiller an epilepsy drug and more. Over 275 color illustrations accompany the text for easy identification. |Biology and Ecology of Venomous Marine Snails | Science Client Lines
