Theodoxus fluviatilis, common name the river nerite, is a species of small freshwater and brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of River Nerite 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
- Vitta virginea
- Theodoxus danubialis
- Clithon oualaniense
- Neripteron violaceum
- Vitta meleagris
- Vitta luteofasciata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Cycloneritida
- Family
- Neritidae
- Genus
- Theodoxus
- Species
- Theodoxus fluviatilis
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