Macrogastra ventricosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Macrogastra ventricosa 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
- Macrogastra plicatula
- Strigillaria cana
- Laciniaria plicata
- Macrogastra attenuata
- Macrogastra rolphii
- Alinda biplicata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Clausiliidae
- Genus
- Macrogastra
- Species
- Macrogastra ventricosa
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