Quilted Melania

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Tarebia granifera

Quilted Melania, a reference photo
Photo: C. C. Appleton, A. T. Forbes & N. T. Demetriades · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Tarebia granifera, common name (in the aquarium industry) the quilted melania, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Quilted Melania 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
Family
Thiaridae
Genus
Tarebia
Species
Tarebia granifera

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