Siphonaria gigas, common name the giant false limpet, is a species of air-breathing sea snail or false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Giant False Limpet 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
- Siphonaria sirius
- Patelloida saccharina
- Patella ferruginea
- Patelloida alticostata
- Cymbula oculus
- Scutellastra longicosta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Siphonariida
- Family
- Siphonariidae
- Genus
- Siphonaria
- Species
- Siphonaria gigas
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