Common banded pond snail

Filopaludina bengalensis, also known as Bellamya bengalensis, is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common banded pond 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

• Sinotaia quadrata
• Viviparus ater
• Viviparus acerosus
• Campeloma decisum
• Viviparus viviparus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Architaenioglossa

Family

Viviparidae

Genus

Filopaludina

Species

Filopaludina bengalensis

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