Uvanilla buschii, common name Busch's 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 Uvanilla buschii 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
- Lithopoma tectum
- Lithopoma americanum
- Lithopoma tuber
- Coelotrochus viridis
- Bellastraea squamifera
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Trochida
- Family
- Turbinidae
- Genus
- Uvanilla
- Species
- Uvanilla buschii
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