Xerarionta kelletii, the Catalina Cactussnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail native to Santa Catalina Island off the coast of southern California. An isolated population is found on the mainland on the Palos Verdes peninsula, but it is unclear if living snails still persist there.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Catalina Cactussnail 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
- Xerarionta tryoni
- Xerarionta stearnsiana
- Iberus alonensis
- Iberus xerophilus
- Xerarionta redimita
- Levantina spiriplana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Xanthonychidae
- Genus
- Xerarionta
- Species
- Xerarionta kellettii
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