
Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Eastern Surf Chiton 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
- Plaxiphora albida
- Plaxiphora aurata
- Acanthopleura gemmata
- Acanthopleura loochooana
- Liolophura gaimardi
- Chaetopleura peruviana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Polyplacophora
- Order
- Chitonida
- Family
- Tonicellidae
- Genus
- Ceratozona
- Species
- Ceratozona squalida
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