The Chinese mystery snail, black snail, or trapdoor snail (Margarya chinensis), is a large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chinese Mystery 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Architaenioglossa
- Family
- Viviparidae
- Genus
- Margarya
- Species
- Margarya chinensis
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