Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pond fingernailclam 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
- Musculium lacustre
- Musculium partumeium
- Sphaerium occidentale
- Sphaerium corneum
- Sphaerium transversum
- Euglesa compressa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Sphaeriida
- Family
- Sphaeriidae
- Genus
- Musculium
- Species
- Musculium securis
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