Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Horn Shell 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
- Cerithium atratum
- Thericium lividulum
- Cerithium eburneum
- Cerithium maculosum
- Rhinoclavis sinensis
- Pseudovertagus aluco
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Cerithiidae
- Genus
- Thericium
- Species
- Thericium vulgatum
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