Lithoglyphus naticoides, the gravel snail, is a species of small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Gravel 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
- Valvata piscinalis
- Amnicola limosus
- Phallomedusa solida
- Fluminicola virens
- Bullastra lessoni
- Leptoxis praerosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Lithoglyphidae
- Genus
- Lithoglyphus
- Species
- Lithoglyphus naticoides
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