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Mendocino Shoulderband Snail

Helminthoglypta expansilabris

95 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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11 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 4, February 3, March 3, April 4, May 4, June 3, July 2, August 2, September 3, October 3, November 4, December 3.
United States39
California39

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyXanthonychidae
GenusShoulderband Snails · Helminthoglypta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mendocino Shoulderband Snail with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.