Some
interesting things about Gastropods
by Gerry
Gastropoda:
- All
cone shells possess a poisonous dart (a modified radula)
with which they harpoon, inject venom and thus kill their
prey. Some cone shell possess venom is so toxic that if
stung, it can severely harm or even be fatal to man.
- When
we hold a large seashell up to our ear, we can hear the
sound of the seashore waves because the shell echoes and
jumbles all the sounds around us!
- The
largest snail (univalve) known attained a length of 78
cm (two and one half feet) with a girth of nearly forty
inches. This trumpet conch, Syrinx aruanus (Linneus, 1758),
weighed in at nearly forty pounds.
- Learn
more about Gastropods.
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Conus striatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Cone Shell |
