Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cucumber Mussel 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
- Ligumia recta
- Gonidea angulata
- Margaritifera margaritifera
- Margaritifera falcata
- Eurynia dilatata
- Theliderma cylindrica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Unionida
- Family
- Hyriidae
- Genus
- Cucumerunio
- Species
- Cucumerunio novaehollandiae
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