Bellastraea squamifera, the scaly star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Scaly small star 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
- Astralium latispina
- Astralium tentoriiforme
- Bellastraea aurea
- Uvanilla buschii
- Lithopoma tuber
- Lithopoma phoebium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Trochida
- Family
- Turbinidae
- Genus
- Bellastraea
- Species
- Bellastraea squamifera
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