Wizzard,
 
Even though you think I post meaningless posts, I can tell you my
experience with Conus.  Almost all of the Indo Pacific Species of Conus are
harmful and fatal.  Some include, C. geographus, C. textile, C. striatus,C.
tulipa.
All species have the ability in project their Radulae, but as each Conus is
different, so is its poison.  In fact, the most interesting thing about
Conus is its ability to change the type and molecular structure of its
toxin.  Thus making it virtually impossible to cure a person once they have
been shot.
 
 
 
 
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>Unless your'e the kind of collector who occasionally puts shells in a
>pocket. I have heard of folks being stung by cones and some other shells
>with names I don't recall. Does anyone have a list of snails that might
>inflict a sting?? I had heard of some species of snail that had a mild
>sting but caused a pretty good case of novacaine like numbness. What
>about other shelling hazards?  I learned to do the "sand shuffle" after
>stepping on a stingray (some of the worst pain I've ever felt!) in the
>walking through the eel grass at DeSoto Park in the Clearwater/Tampa Bay
>area.  A warning might have helped. That would be an interesting thread,
>let's persue that rather than PC's vs Macs. Michael, Sunrise, FL
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