Pleurocera acuta, common name the sharp hornsnail, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Sharp Hornsnail 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
- Pleurocera canaliculata
- Pleurocera prasinata
- Zeacumantus lutulentus
- Elimia virginica
- Batillaria attramentaria
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Pleuroceridae
- Genus
- Pleurocera
- Species
- Pleurocera acuta
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