Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Lepidochitona caprearum 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
- Lepidochitona cinerea
- Acanthochitona rubrolineata
- Ischnochiton striolatus
- Liolophura hirtosa
- Ischnoplax pectinata
- Chiton viridis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Polyplacophora
- Order
- Chitonida
- Family
- Tonicellidae
- Genus
- Lepidochitona
- Species
- Lepidochitona caprearum
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