Hawaiia minuscula, common name the minute gem or minute gem snail, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Minute Gem 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
- Vallonia pulchella
- Vitrea contracta
- Vallonia costata
- Vitrea crystallina
- Punctum pygmaeum
- Vitrea subrimata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Pristilomatidae
- Genus
- Hawaiia
- Species
- Hawaiia minuscula
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