Dark Unicorn

Mexacanthina lugubris, also called dark unicorn, is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Dark Unicorn 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

• Reishia clavigera
• Plicopurpura patula
• Nucella emarginata
• Haustrum scobina
• Plicopurpura columellaris
• Haustrum albomarginatum

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Mexacanthina

Species

Mexacanthina lugubris

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