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Whitewashed Rabdotus

Rabdotus dealbatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 71, February 68, March 77, April 179, May 90, June 44, July 39, August 40, September 49, October 51, November 67, December 65.
United States1,204
Texas807
Alabama99
Missouri60
New Mexico52
Kansas42
Mexico40
Arkansas36
Tennessee35
Oklahoma21

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
FamilyBulimulidae
GenusRabdotus

Sources

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