Calyptraea chinensis, common name the Chinese hat snail or Chinese hat shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chinese hat snail 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
- Sigapatella tenuis
- Crucibulum striatum
- Desmaulus extinctorium
- Calyptraea mamillaris
- Scurria scurra
- Crucibulum spinosum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Calyptraeidae
- Genus
- Calyptraea
- Species
- Calyptraea chinensis
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