Rotundaria tuberculata, commonly called the purple wartyback, is a freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Purple Wartyback 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
- Pustulosa kieneriana
- Theliderma metanevra
- Quadrula nobilis
- Quadrula quadrula
- Pustulosa pustulosa
- Cyprogenia stegaria
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Unionida
- Family
- Unionidae
- Genus
- Cyclonaias
- Species
- Cyclonaias tuberculata
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