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Margined Ram's-horn

Planorbis planorbis

1,840 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,209, February 893, March 1,400, April 2,202, May 3,175, June 3,462, July 3,704, August 3,186, September 2,339, October 1,746, November 954, December 746.
United States25,015
Alaska25,015
Russia181
Ukraine135
France84
Germany65
Grand Est60
Poland54
Kursk Oblast34
Moscow Oblast33

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
FamilyRamshorn snails · Planorbidae
GenusPlanorbis

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