Dietary breadth is positively correlated with venom complexity in cone snails

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Conotoxin composition and diet for each species analyzed in this study

Genus/subgenus	Species	No. of unique conotoxin precursors	No. of unique mature toxins	No. of gene superfamilies	No. of cysteine frameworks	Most abundant gene superfamily and frequency^a	Main diet summarized from [29, 42]
Puncticulis	arenatus	326	256	36	31	O1, (20.3 %)	eunicids, nereids, capitellids
Californiconus	californicus	185	164	30	21	O1, (20.1 %)	molluscs, polychaetes, fish
Virroconus	coronatus	331	286	32	30	O1, (19.6 %)	eunicids, capitellids
Virroconus	ebraeus	75	69	27	23	M, (31.9 %)	eunicids, nereids
Stephanoconus	imperialis	70	66	20	19	P, (16.7 %)	amphinomids
Lividoconus	lividus	244	204	31	25	O1, (10.7 %)	enteropneusts, terebellids
Conus	marmoreus	81	69	14	16	M, (26.1 %)	gastropods
Lividoconus	quercinus	97	78	25	23	O1, (15.4 %)	enteropneusts, sabellids
Rhizoconus	rattus	102	89	28	30	con-ikot-ikot, (18 %)	eunicids
Harmoniconus	sponsalis	401	338	35	29	O1, (28.1 %)	eunicids, nereids
Strategoconus	varius	198	168	29	24	M, (10.7 %)	polychaetes
Virgiconus	Virgo	113	78	25	21	O1, (24.4 %)	terebellids

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