Haustrum haustorium, common name: the brown or dark rock shell, is a large species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dark Rock Shell 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
- Purpura bufo
- Acanthina monodon
- Dicathais orbita
- Stramonita brasiliensis
- Haustrum albomarginatum
- Vasula melones
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Haustrum
- Species
- Haustrum haustorium
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