Tanychlamys indica, also known as the horntail snail is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk, in the family Ariophantidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Horntail 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
- Tanychlamys hippocastaneum
- Tanychlamys nitidissima
- Sarika resplendens
- Morlina glabra
- Oxychilus draparnaudi
- Ovachlamys fulgens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Ariophantidae
- Genus
- Tanychlamys
- Species
- Tanychlamys indica
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