Nucella squamosa, common name the scaly dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Scaly Dogwhelk 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
- Nucella heyseana
- Nucella canaliculata
- Trophon geversianus
- Dicathais orbita
- Burnupena lagenaria
- Argobuccinum pustulosum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Nucella
- Species
- Nucella squamosa
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