Diloma aethiops, whose common names include scorched monodont, spotted black topshell, and in the Māori language pūpū, pūpū-mai, or māihi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, subfamily Monodontinae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Spotted Top 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
- Diloma zelandicum
- Diloma subrostratum
- Prisogaster niger
- Diloma aridum
- Chlorodiloma odontis
- Austrocochlea constricta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Trochida
- Family
- Trochidae
- Genus
- Diloma
- Species
- Diloma aethiops
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