Review Article
Tetrodotoxin Poisoning Due to Pufferfish and Gastropods, and Their Intoxication Mechanism
Table 5
TTX-bearing gastropods and food poisoning cases due to them in other countries.
| | Taiwan and China | | | | | |
| | Name of gastropod | Poisoning Year | Place | Number of patient | Number of death | Predatory habit |
| | Zeuxis samiplicutus | 1977–2001, Jun. | Zhoushan, China | 310 | 16 | Necrophagous | Niotha clathrata,
Zeuxis scalaris | 1994, May | Pingtung, Taiwan | 26 | 0 | Necrophagous | | Z. sufflatus, N. clathrata | 2001, Apr. | Taipei, Taiwan | 5 | 0 | Necrophagous | | Z. siquijorensis | 2002 | Fujian, China | >20 | >3 | Necrophagous | | 2004 | China | 55 | 1 | | | Zeuxis sp. and/or Niotha sp. | 2002, Jul. | Tsingtao, China | 3 | 0 | Necrophagous | | 2002-up to date | Fujian to Tsingtao, China | — | — | Necrophagous |
| | Total | | | >419 | >20 | |
| | New Zealand | | | | | |
| | Sea slug, Pleurobranchaea maculata | 2009, Jul. | Auckland | | 14 (dogs) | Herbivorous Carnivorous |
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