Cernuella virgata, also known as Helicella virgata and commonly known as the vineyard snail, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Vineyard 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
- Cernuella aginnica
- Trochoidea pyramidata
- Xerosecta arigonis
- Xeropicta krynickii
- Xerocrassa cretica
- Xeropicta derbentina
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Geomitridae
- Genus
- Cernuella
- Species
- Cernuella virgata
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