Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Little Black Mussel 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
- Xenostrobus pulex
- Austromytilus rostratus
- Mytilaster solisianus
- Mytilisepta virgata
- Mytilus trossulus
- Isognomon californicus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Mytilida
- Family
- Modiolidae
- Genus
- Xenostrobus
- Species
- Xenostrobus neozelanicus
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