Island Apple Snail

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Pomacea maculata

Island Apple Snail, a reference photo
Photo: Amy Benson, U.S. Geological Survey · Public domain

Pomacea maculata is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Island Apple 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

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Architaenioglossa
Family
Ampullariidae
Genus
Pomacea
Species
Pomacea maculata

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