Trimusculus reticulatus is a species of small air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trimusculidae, the button snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Button Shell 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
- Trimusculus conicus
- Montfortula rugosa
- Antisabia imbricata
- Emarginula candida
- Tugali suteri
- Pilosabia trigona
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Ellobiida
- Family
- Trimusculidae
- Genus
- Trimusculus
- Species
- Trimusculus reticulatus
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