Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Purplish Bifurcate Mussel 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
- Austromytilus rostratus
- Semimytilus patagonicus
- Brachidontes rodriguezii
- Perna perna
- Xenostrobus neozelanicus
- Perumytilus purpuratus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Mytilida
- Family
- Mytilidae
- Genus
- Mytilisepta
- Species
- Mytilisepta virgata
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