Gibbula ardens is a species of small sea snail, known as top snails or top shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Gibbula ardens 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
- Steromphala umbilicaris
- Steromphala adansonii
- Steromphala albida
- Gibbula philberti
- Steromphala varia
- Eurytrochus strangei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Trochida
- Family
- Trochidae
- Genus
- Gibbula
- Species
- Gibbula ardens
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