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| Holford, Mande; Puillandre, Nicolas; Terryn, Yves; Cruaud, Corinne; Olivera, Baldomero; Bouchet, Philippe. |
| Toxoglossate marine gastropods, traditionally assigned to the families Conidae, Terebridae, and Turridae, are one of the most populous animal groups that use venom to capture their prey. These marine animals are generally characterized by a venom apparatus that consists of a muscular venom bulb and a tubular venom gland. The toxoglossan radula, often compared with a hypodermic needle for its use as a conduit to inject toxins into prey, is considered a major anatomical breakthrough that assisted in the successful initial radiation of these animals in the Cretaceous and early Tertiary. The pharmacological success of toxins from cone snails has made this group a star among biochemists and neuroscientists, but very little is known about toxins from the other... |
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Palavras-chave: Life history similarities; Similar proboscis type; Morphology; Biology; Peptides; Radula. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00207/31788/30197.pdf |
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| Fedosov, Alexander E.; Malcolm, Gavin; Terryn, Yves; Gorson, Juliette; Modica, Maria Vittoria; Holford, Mande; Puillandre, Nicolas. |
| The conoidean family Terebridae is an intriguing lineage of marine gastropods, which are of considerable interest due to their varied anatomy and complex venoms. Terebrids are abundant, easily recognizable and widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters, but our findings have demonstrated that their systematics requires revision. Here we elaborate the classification of Terebridae based on a recently published molecular phylogeny of 154 species, plus characters of the shell and anterior alimentary system. The 407 living species of the family, including seven species described herein, are assigned to three subfamilies: Pellifroniinae new subfamily, Pervicaciinae and Terebrinae. The Pellifroniinae comprises five deep -water species in two genera,... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00620/73228/72936.pdf |
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