
Mellita tenuis is a species of keyhole sand dollar in the family Mellitidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Keyhole Sand Dollar 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
- Mellita isometra
- Mellita quinquiesperforata
- Leodia sexiesperforata
- Encope emarginata
- Echinodiscus bisperforatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Echinolampadacea
- Family
- Mellitidae
- Genus
- Mellita
- Species
- Mellita tenuis
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