Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Santa Cruz Island Shoulderband 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
- Helminthoglypta umbilicata
- Helminthoglypta ayresiana
- Helminthoglypta walkeriana
- Helminthoglypta phlyctaena
- Helminthoglypta traskii
- Helminthoglypta sonoma
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Xanthonychidae
- Genus
- Helminthoglypta
- Species
- Helminthoglypta sanctaecrucis
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