
Ericusa sowerbyi, common name the spindle-shaped volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Spindle-shaped volute 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
- Amoria hunteri
- Cymbiola magnifica
- Amoria undulata
- Alcithoe arabica
- Odontocymbiola magellanica
- Zidona dufresnii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Volutidae
- Genus
- Ericusa
- Species
- Ericusa sowerbyi
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