Aegopinella nitidula (previously known as Retinella nitidula), common name the waxy glass snail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Smooth glass 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
- Oxychilus translucidus
- Oxychilus cellarius
- Oxychilus alliarius
- Perpolita hammonis
- Oxychilus draparnaudi
- Aegopinella minor
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Gastrodontidae
- Genus
- Aegopinella
- Species
- Aegopinella nitidula
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