The projectile tooth of a fish-hunting cone snail: Conus catus injects venom into fish prey using a high-speed ballistic mechanism

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-79

  Schulz, Joseph R ^a,b   Norton, Alex G ^a   Gilly, William F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; PREY CAPTURE; SNAIL;

CONIDAE; CONUS CATUS; CONUS TULIPA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 7044229831     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543581     Document Type: Article

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