Terrycarlessia turbinata, the glossy turban carnivorous snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail found in Australia. The natural range is from the Barrington Tops region in New South Wales to about Nambour in south-eastern Queensland. However, the snail has been recorded in Sydney as an invasive species.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Glossy Turban Carnivorous 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
- Austrorhytida capillacea
- Amborhytida dunniae
- Austrorhytida glaciamans
- Rhytida greenwoodi
- Camaena hainanensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Rhytididae
- Genus
- Terrycarlessia
- Species
- Terrycarlessia turbinata
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