Gigahomalopoma luridum, with the common names Dall's dwarf turban or dark dwarf-turban snail, is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dall's Dwarf Turban 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
- Margarites pupillus
- Micrelenchus sanguineus
- Cantharidella picturata
- Micrelenchus tessellatus
- Clanculus corallinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Trochida
- Family
- Colloniidae
- Genus
- Gigahomalopoma
- Species
- Gigahomalopoma luridum
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