Viviparus viviparus is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails. This species is a viviparous (ovoviviparous) snail.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common 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 acerosus
- Viviparus contectus
- Viviparus ater
- Callinina georgiana
- Callinina subpurpurea
- Campeloma decisum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Architaenioglossa
- Family
- Viviparidae
- Genus
- Viviparus
- Species
- Viviparus viviparus
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