Phalium bandatum, common name the banded bonnet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Banded Bonnet 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
- Phalium glaucum
- Semicassis zeylanica
- Semicassis labiata
- Phalium areola
- Semicassis bisulcata
- Semicassis pyrum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Cassidae
- Genus
- Phalium
- Species
- Phalium bandatum
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