Bluish Top Shell

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Diloma nigerrimum

Bluish Top Shell, a reference photo
Photo: G.W. Tryon · Public domain

The bluish top shell (Diloma nigerrimum) is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod, in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Bluish Top Shell 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

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Trochida
Family
Trochidae
Genus
Diloma
Species
Diloma nigerrimum

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