Vespericola armiger, common name the Santa Cruz hesperian, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Santa Cruz Hesperian 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
- Vespericola marinensis
- Vespericola columbianus
- Trilobopsis loricata
- Cryptomastix germana
- Inflectarius inflectus
- Isognomostoma isognomostomos
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Polygyridae
- Genus
- Vespericola
- Species
- Vespericola armiger
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