Viviparus contectus, common name Lister's river snail, is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Lister's River-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
- Viviparus viviparus
- Callinina georgiana
- Viviparus acerosus
- Margarya chinensis
- Viviparus ater
- Heterogen japonica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Architaenioglossa
- Family
- Viviparidae
- Genus
- Viviparus
- Species
- Viviparus contectus
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