POTENTIAL ANCESTRAL CONOIDEAN TOXINS IN THE VENOM COCKTAIL OF THE CARNIVOROUS SNAIL RAPHITOMA PURPUREA (MONTAGU, 1803) (NEOGASTROPODA: RAPHITOMIDAE)

Potential Ancestral Conoidean Toxins in the Venom Cocktail of the Carnivorous Snail Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae)

Venomous marine gastropods of the superfamily Conoidea possess a rich arsenal of toxins, including neuroactive toxins.Venom adaptations might have played a fundamental role in the radiation of conoideans; nevertheless, there is still no knowledge about the venom of the most diversified family of the group: Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875.In this study,

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