Cap-shaped False Limpet

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Montfortula rugosa

Cap-shaped False Limpet, a reference photo
Photo: Manuel CABALLER · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Montfortula rugosa, common name the cap-shaped false limpet, is a species of keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Cap-shaped False Limpet 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

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Lepetellida
Family
Fissurellidae
Species
Montfortula rugosa

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