Astraea heliotropium, common name the sunburst star turban or the circular saw shell, is a large, heavy, spirally coiled sea snail with peripheral spines, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Turbinidae, the turbans and star snails.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Circular Saw Shell 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Trochida
- Family
- Turbinidae
- Genus
- Astraea
- Species
- Astraea heliotropium
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