Basket Shell

Varicorbula gibba, the common basket-shell, is a species of bivalve in the family Corbulidae.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Basket Shell 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

• Mulinia lateralis
• Polymesoda floridana
• Spisula subtruncata
• Spisula trigonella
• Tivela trigonella
• Gouldia minima

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Myida

Family

Corbulidae

Genus

Varicorbula

Species

Varicorbula gibba

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