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ABSTRACT

The snail conus is a part of the family conidae and at the same time they belong to the species of the gasterepod, of which great quantity of them possess a developed mechanism of defense, which is clear of the injection of toxin in its victim, Only the family conidae are the only species that can produce mortal stings.

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