Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Strange Gaper 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
- Mactromeris catilliformis
- Tresus capax
- Tresus nuttallii
- Mactromeris polynyma
- Thracia conradi
- Panopea glycimeris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Mactridae
- Genus
- Tresus
- Species
- Tresus allomyax
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