Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of California Softshell 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
- Cochlodesma leanum
- Macoma petalum
- Macoma inquinata
- Scrobicularia plana
- Potamocorbula amurensis
- Mya arenaria
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Myida
- Family
- Myidae
- Genus
- Cryptomya
- Species
- Cryptomya californica
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