Anisus vortex is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Whirlpool Ram's-horn 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
- Anisus leucostoma
- Bathyomphalus contortus
- Planorbis planorbis
- Planorbis carinatus
- Gonyodiscus perspectivus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Planorbidae
- Genus
- Anisus
- Species
- Anisus vortex
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