Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Painted Dendrochiton 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
- Tonicella insignis
- Callochiton septemvalvis
- Tonicella marmorea
- Cyanoplax dentiens
- Mopalia swanii
- Lepidozona mertensii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Polyplacophora
- Order
- Chitonida
- Family
- Mopaliidae
- Genus
- Dendrochiton
- Species
- Dendrochiton flectens
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