Table 3.
Distribution of Distinct Conotoxin Families that Contribute to the Lightning-Strike Cabal Among Phylogenetically Defined Clades of Fish-Hunting Cone Snails
Clade (Subgeneric assignment) Representative Species | Na-Channel Inactivation Inhibitors | Kv1 Subfamily Blockers | Excitotoxins with Unknown Targets |
---|---|---|---|
Clade I (Pionoconus) C. striatus | δ | Conkunitzins | κAL |
Clade III (Chelyconus) C. purpurascens | δ | κ | κAS |
Clade IV (Phasmoconus) C. radiatus | δ | κM | I-superfamily |
Adapted from (Imperial et al., 2006).