Jumping Snail (Ovachlamys fulgens)

Jumping Snail, a reference photo — Photo: Jeffrey W. Lotz, Division of Plant Industry (DPI), Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) or Division of Plant Industry (DPI), Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer S · Public domain

Ovachlamys fulgens is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Jumping 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 indica

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Ovachlamys
Species: Ovachlamys fulgens

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