Galba truncatula (previously: Lymnaea truncatula) is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dwarf pond snail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Bithynia tentaculata
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum
- Omphiscola glabra
- Succinella oblonga
- Peregriana peregra
- Potamopyrgus estuarinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Lymnaeidae
- Genus
- Galba
- Species
- Galba truncatula
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