Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cajetan's chiton 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
- Leptochiton inquinatus
- Leptochiton rugatus
- Ischnochiton cariosus
- Ischnochiton rissoi
- Chaetopleura apiculata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Polyplacophora
- Order
- Lepidopleurida
- Family
- Leptochitonidae
- Genus
- Lepidopleurus
- Species
- Lepidopleurus cajetanus
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