Small Needle-whelk

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Bittium reticulatum

Small Needle-whelk, a reference photo
Photo: Holger Krisp · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Bittium reticulatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Small Needle-whelk 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
Family
Cerithiidae
Genus
Bittium
Species
Bittium reticulatum

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