Macrocyclis is a monotypic genus of large air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Macrocyclidae. The single living species in this genus is Macrocyclis peruvianus (Lamarck, 1822).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chilean Black Snail 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
- Powelliphanta traversi
- Paryphanta busbyi
- Rhytida greenwoodi
- Pedinogyra rotabilis
- Wainuia urnula
- Natalina cafra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Macrocyclidae
- Genus
- Macrocyclis
- Species
- Macrocyclis peruvianus
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