Elimia virginica, common names the Piedmont elimia or Virginia river snail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Piedmont Elimia 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
- Juga plicifera
- Elimia laqueata
- Semisulcospira libertina
- Pleurocera prasinata
- Elimia carinifera
- Elimia carinocostata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Pleuroceridae
- Genus
- Elimia
- Species
- Elimia virginica
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