Cabestana spengleri, or Spengler's trumpet, is a large predatory sea snail, sometimes called a predatory whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae. This species is named after the Danish naturalist Lorenz Spengler.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Spengler's Trumpet 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
- Cabestana tabulata
- Monoplex parthenopeus
- Cabestana africana
- Monoplex pilearis
- Cabestana cutacea
- Ranella australasia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Cymatiidae
- Genus
- Cabestana
- Species
- Cabestana spengleri
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