The blood-spotted abalone (Haliotis spadicea) is a species of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. This species is common on rocky shores on the coast of South Africa.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Venus ear 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
- Haliotis tuberculata
- Haliotis coccoradiata
- Haliotis australis
- Haliotis virginea
- Haliotis roei
- Haliotis scalaris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Lepetellida
- Family
- Haliotidae
- Genus
- Haliotis
- Species
- Haliotis spadicea
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