Obliquaria reflexa, commonly known as the threehorn wartyback or three-horn wartyback, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is the only species in the genus Obliquaria.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Three-horn Wartyback 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
- Quadrula quadrula
- Pustulosa nodulata
- Fusconaia cerina
- Fusconaia flava
- Theliderma metanevra
- Truncilla truncata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Unionida
- Family
- Unionidae
- Genus
- Obliquaria
- Species
- Obliquaria reflexa
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