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Volutella caestus, common name the helmet vase, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vasidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Volutella caestus 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
- Volutella muricata
- Neorapana muricata
- Vasum turbinellus
- Tectus dentatus
- Hexaplex princeps
- Muricanthus radix
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Vasidae
- Genus
- Volutella
- Species
- Volutella caestus
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