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BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF VENOMOUS MARINE SNAILS Biology and Ecology of Marine Life BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF VENOMOUS MARINE SNAILS Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD Apple Academic Press Inc. Apple Academic Press Inc. 3333 Mistwell Crescent 9 Spinnaker Way Oakville, ON L6L 0A2 Waretown, NJ 08758 Canada USA ©2017 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. Exclusive worldwide distribution by CRC Press, a member of Taylor & Francis Group No claim to original U.S. Government works Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-77188-330-6 (Hardcover) International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-77188-331-3 (eBook) All rights reserved. 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ISBN 978-1-77188-330-6 (hardcover).--ISBN 978-1-77188-331-3 (pdf) 1. Conidae. 2. Poisonous shellfish. I. Title. QL430.5.C75S26 2016 594'.3 C2016-904658-3 C2016-904659-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Title: Biology and ecology of venomous marine snails / Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD. Description: Waretown, NJ : Apple Academic Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016030005 (print) | LCCN 2016030894 (ebook) | ISBN 9781771883306 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781771883313 () Subjects: LCSH: Conidae. | Poisonous shellfish. Classification: LCC QL430.5.C75 S26 2016 (print) | LCC QL430.5.C75 (ebook) | DDC 594/.3--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016030005 Apple Academic Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic format. For information about Apple Academic Press products, visit our website at www.appleacademicpress.com and the CRC Press website at www.crcpress.com Biology and Ecology of Marine Life Book Series Series Author: Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD • Biology and Ecology of Toxic Pufferfish • Biology and Ecology of Venomous Marine Snails • Biology and Ecology of Venomous Stingrays • Biology and Culture of Portunid Crabs of the World Seas • Biology and Ecology of Edible Marine Gastropod Molluscs • Biology and Ecology of Edible Marine Revalve Molluscs CONTENTS List of Abbreviations ...................................................................................ix Preface ........................................................................................................xi About the Author .......................................................................................xiii 1. Introduction ................................................................................................1 2. Biology and Ecology of Venomous Marine Snails ...................................5 3. Profile of Venomous Marine Snails .........................................................17 4. Conotoxins ..............................................................................................351 5. Envenomation of Cone Snails ...............................................................359 6. Therapeutic Uses of Cone Snail Venoms ..............................................365 References ................................................................................................375 Index .........................................................................................................381 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CR critically endangered CTx conotoxin DD data deficient EN endangered FDA Food and Drug Administration GFEMN Global Fisheries Ecosystem Management Network GTX II geographutoxin II HD Huntington’s disease IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature MCAo middle cerebral artery occlusion NT near threatened PPlase peptidylprolyl cis-trans isomerise VU vulnerable
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