Tegula atra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Smooth Black Tegula 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
- Oxystele tigrina
- Oxystele sinensis
- Tegula funebralis
- Prisogaster niger
- Diloma nigerrimum
- Austrocochlea rudis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Trochida
- Family
- Tegulidae
- Genus
- Tegula
- Species
- Tegula atra
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