Venomous mollusks: the risks of human accidents by conus snails (gastropoda: conidae) in Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Vidal Haddad Junior²  João Batista De Paula Neto¹  Válter José Cobo¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Botucatu SP

关键词: Conus;    Venomous animals;    Venomous mollusks;    Human envenoming;    Brazil;    Conus;    Animais peçonhentos;    Moluscos venenosos;    Envenenamentos humanos;    Brasil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822006000500015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Mollusks of the genus Conus present a venomous apparatus composed of radulae, a chitin structure linked to glands, which injects potent neurotoxic peptides, causing serious human envenomation and even death, associated with the blockage of certain receptors and muscular paralysis. No reported envenomation has occurred in Brazil, but certain populations are at risk of accidents.

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