Carychium minimum is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Herald-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
- Carychium tridentatum
- Gastrocopta tappaniana
- Lamellidea novoseelandica
- Cochlicopa lubricella
- Onoba aculeus
- Leuconopsis obsoleta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Ellobiida
- Family
- Ellobiidae
- Genus
- Carychium
- Species
- Carychium minimum
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