New Zealand Moonsnail

Tanea zelandica, common name the necklace shell or the New Zealand moon snail, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the Family Naticidae, the moon snails or necklace shells.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of New Zealand Moonsnail 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

• Euspira nitida
• Euspira catena
• Naticarius canrena
• Notocochlis chemnitzii
• Notocochlis dillwynii
• Cryptonatica aleutica

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Littorinimorpha

Family

Naticidae

Genus

Tanea

Species

Tanea zelandica

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