Allopeas clavulinum, common name the spike awlsnail, is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Spiked Awlsnail 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
- Allopeas gracile
- Subulina octona
- Beckianum beckianum
- Cecilioides acicula
- Truncatella subcylindrica
- Leptinaria unilamellata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Achatinidae
- Genus
- Allopeas
- Species
- Allopeas clavulinum
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