The New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. This aquatic gastropod mollusk is in the family Tateidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of New Zealand Mudsnail 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
- Potamopyrgus estuarinus
- Galba truncatula
- Peringia ulvae
- Pyrgulopsis turbatrix
- Pyrgulopsis pilsbryana
- Bythinella viridis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Tateidae
- Genus
- Potamopyrgus
- Species
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum
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