Table 6.

Comparison of the transcriptome studies of Conus species venom duct through next generation sequencing a The total number of identified conopeptides and gene superfamilies for each species b The relative abundance of conopeptide superfamilies for each species. Diets are specified as P: piscivorous, M: molluscivorous and V: vermivorous.

Conus Species	C.bul	C.con	C.geo	C.pul	C.mar§	C.tri
(a)
Diet	P	P	P	V	M	V
No. of superfamilies	10	11	16	14	26	30 (+6†)
No. of conopeptides	30*	61	63	82	263	127 (+9‡)
(b)
A	10	14	12		2
Conantokin (B1)		1	2	3		2
B2					1	1
Contulakin (C)		4	1	1
D						3
E					1
F					1	1
H					7	4
I &			1	10	30	7
J	1		4			2
K						1
L			1	5		4
M	3	8	2	4	75	18
N					3	5
O #	15	15	20	47	82	21
P		1		3		6
R					1	1
S		3	5		2	3
T		5	6	5	26
V				1
W					2	1
Y						1
Y2					2	1
MSTLGMTLL-				1		1
MKFPLLFISL						3
M---L-LTVA						2
MSKLVILAVL						1
Con-ikot-ikot			7			20
Conkunitzin	1	7	1	2		6
Conodipine		2				7
Conopressin/conophysin		1	1			5

^*Number of putative full-length and partial conopeptides presented in this study,

^#O superfamily includes O1, O2 and O3 superfamilies and contryphans,

^&: I superfamily includes I1, I2 and I3 superfamilies.

^§16 of the 26 superfamilies identified in this species are shown in (b).

^†number of the new conopeptide groups,

^‡number of conopeptides in the new conopeptide groups. C.bul: Conus bullatus (Hu et al. 2011), C.con: Conus consors (Terrat et al. 2012), C.geo: Conus geographus (Hu et al. 2012), C.pul: Conus pulicarius (Lluisma et al. 2012), C.mar: Conus marmoreus (Dutertre et al. 2013; Lavergne et al. 2013) and C.tri: Conus tribblei (this study).