Hooked Slippersnail

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Crepidula adunca

Hooked Slippersnail, a reference photo
Photo: Ed Bierman · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Crepidula adunca, common name the "hooked slippersnail" is a species of sea snail or "slipper snail", a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Hooked Slippersnail 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Calyptraeidae
Species
Crepidula adunca

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