Oxyloma elegans is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Slender Amber 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
- Succinea putris
- Novisuccinea ovalis
- Succinea arundinetorum
- Pseudosuccinea columella
- Succinea lyrata
- Succinea australis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Succineidae
- Genus
- Oxyloma
- Species
- Oxyloma elegans
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