Pseudotrichia rubiginosa, sometimes known as the "German hairy snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of German hairy 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
- Trochulus hispidus
- Ashfordia granulata
- Cryptomastix germana
- Ponentina revelata
- Ciliella ciliata
- Magilaoma penolensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Hygromiidae
- Genus
- Pseudotrichia
- Species
- Pseudotrichia rubiginosa
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