The sea snail is a mollusk in the Gastropoda order Gastropoda. Its name is derived from the Dutch word for "spiral staircase". It is a carnivorous shellfish. The head and muzzle are short, the foot is small and truncated at the front, and the shell has a peculiar shape, a long cone, with longitudinal ribs on the shell surface in the shape of flakes. The shell is white and pearly, resembling the steps circling upwards in a tower.

Basic introduction Chinese name: sea snail Alias: sea snail, threaded snail, whelk or white snail, ladder snail Boundary: Animalia, phylum: Mollusca Gastropoda, family: Mesogastropoda, sea snail snail family Distribution: Southeast Coastal Areas, etc. Overview, Distribution and Characteristics, Hazards, Toxicity, Treatment, ladder snail (Epitonium scala): sea lion snail aka: sea snail, sea snail, sea lion snail (Epitonium scala): sea lion snail, sea snail, sea snail (Epitonium scala). Epitonium scala: The sea snail is a member of the family Gastropoda (sea snails) in the order Gastropoda, which consists of mollusks. Its name is derived from the Dutch word for "spiral staircase". It is a carnivorous shellfish. The head and muzzle are short, the feet are small and truncated at the front, and the shell is peculiarly shaped, long conical, with flaky longitudinal ribs all over the shell surface. The shell is white and pearly, resembling the steps of a tower. Because of its beautiful shape and scarcity of individuals, it is a precious ornamental item. Overview Sea snail (English name Nassariidae), commonly known as the sea snail, threaded snail, wheat snail or white snail, some places are also known as cut incense snail, small yellow snail, a cone snail. Distribution and Characteristics It generally lives near offshore reefs and muddy sandy bottoms, and is prevalent along the coasts of Guangdong, Zhejiang and Fujian. Its appearance is characterized by a pointed tail and an elongated body with a length of about 1 cm and a width of about 0.5 cm. Sea lion snail It is said that coastal residents of Fujian Province have always loved to fry sea snails and snails, a small sea food, especially Putian, the hometown people think that it is a good dish for drinking, especially around the Dragon Boat Festival love to eat sea lion snails. Fried whelk snail color layers, small shape, snail mouth white rounded, easier to suck, eat the meat tender, slightly sinewy, silky aroma, aftertaste, the more you eat the more addictive. Consumption of sea snails are mostly southeastern coastal areas, even in Fujian Putian folk custom of eating snails over the festival. Hazard In recent years, due to the pollution of the marine environment, "red tide" frequent, so that the body of the snail "stone room ha toxin" toxicity increased greatly. Tested, the toxin on the human body of the oral lethal amount of 0.54 mg -0.9 mg, that is, a small sea snail may cause death. Sea snail Every summer is the high incidence of sea snail food poisoning season, in past years there have been sea snail poisoning in other areas of Fujian Province, China's national authorities have clearly prohibited the sale of business sea snail. Toxicity Sea snail snail, which contains tetrodotoxin, the general cooking temperature is difficult to destroy it, so far there is no effective medicine. The Ministry of Health has clearly stipulated that no food production and management unit shall purchase, process or sell sea snails. The State Food and Drug Administration has also issued a risk warning: eating snail poisoning can cause dizziness, vomiting, numbness of lips and fingers and other symptoms, serious cases can lead to death, the incubation period of poisoning is generally 10 minutes to 3 hours. The toxin is heat-stable, boiling, salting, sunlight, etc. can not be destroyed, so far there is no effective treatment of detoxification drugs. Treatment There are many kinds of sea snail snail is not easy to identify, if you do not know how to identify, it is recommended not to buy and eat snail products, after accidentally eating sea snail snail, such as the occurrence of numbness of the lips and mouth and other similar neurological symptoms, must immediately go to the hospital. Now the sea snail snail body toxins, there is no special drugs can be treated.