Lithopoma caelatum, common name the carved star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Carved star 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
- Lithopoma tectum
- Astralium latispina
- Astralium haematragum
- Uvanilla unguis
- Lithopoma phoebium
- Cookia sulcata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Trochida
- Family
- Turbinidae
- Genus
- Lithopoma
- Species
- Lithopoma caelatum
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