Coelotrochus tiaratus, whose common names include tiara top shell, brown top shell, mititi, and mitimiti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tiara 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
- Clanculus limbatus
- Umbonium costatum
- Gibbula philberti
- Tegula excavata
- Steromphala albida
- Clanculus flagellatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Trochida
- Family
- Trochidae
- Genus
- Coelotrochus
- Species
- Coelotrochus tiaratus
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