Megalobulimus oblongus, (synonym Strophocheilus oblongus), is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae. It is known as Guácara in Venezuela.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Giant South American 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
- Megalobulimus lorentzianus
- Metachatina kraussi
- Megalobulimus popelairianus
- Megalobulimus dryades
- Porphyrobaphe iostoma
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Strophocheilidae
- Genus
- Megalobulimus
- Species
- Megalobulimus oblongus
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