Catalog

Cone shell envenomation

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Cone shell envenomation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1520144826

Envenomation by marine molluscs of the genus Conus presents as painful puncture wounds, with local ischaemia, cyanosis and numbness which may become generalised and, particularly with Conus geographus, may be fatal.