Columbella rustica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Rustic Dove-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
- Columbella adansoni
- Columbella fuscata
- Euplica scripta
- Euplica bidentata
- Columbella major
- Pisania striata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Columbellidae
- Genus
- Columbella
- Species
- Columbella rustica
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