Balea heydeni

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Balea heydeni, a reference photo
Photo: P. Glöer · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Balea sarsii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae. It remains disputed whether B. sarsii or Balea heydeni von Maltzan, 1881 is the correct name.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Balea heydeni 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Clausiliidae
Genus
Balea
Species
Balea heydeni

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