Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cystopelta purpurea 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
- Parmacochlea balios
- Cystopelta bicolor
- Cystopelta septentrionalis
- Insulivitrina lamarckii
- Parmacochlea furca
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Cystopeltidae
- Genus
- Cystopelta
- Species
- Cystopelta purpurea
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