Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Texas Lightning 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
- Sinistrofulgur sinistrum
- Busycon carica
- Fulguropsis pyruloides
- Busycotypus canaliculatus
- Fulguropsis spirata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Busyconidae
- Genus
- Sinistrofulgur
- Species
- Sinistrofulgur pulleyi
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