Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cape False Limpet 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
- Siphonaria funiculata
- Siphonaria naufragum
- Siphonaria pectinata
- Siphonaria concinna
- Siphonaria serrata
- Cellana exarata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Siphonariida
- Family
- Siphonariidae
- Genus
- Siphonaria
- Species
- Siphonaria capensis
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