Zonitoides nitidus (sometimes Zonitoides nitida), also known as the shiny glass snail or black gloss, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrodontidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Black Gloss 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
- Zonitoides arboreus
- Oxychilus translucidus
- Oxychilus alliarius
- Aegopinella nitidula
- Oxychilus navarricus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Gastrodontidae
- Genus
- Zonitoides
- Species
- Zonitoides nitidus
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