Xerotricha apicina is a species of small air-breathing land snailin the family Geomitridae. It is found in southern Europe (including Cyprus, Greete), North Africa (Tunisia, Morocco), and Macaronesia (Madeira, Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Xerotricha apicina 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
- Backeljaia gigaxii
- Candidula unifasciata
- Candidula rugosiuscula
- Xerocrassa subrogata
- Microxeromagna lowei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Geomitridae
- Genus
- Xerotricha
- Species
- Xerotricha apicina
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