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Rounded Snail

Gonyodiscus rotundatus

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 France.January 129, February 182, March 247, April 125, May 117, June 88, July 68, August 52, September 88, October 159, November 132, December 104.
France1,491
Germany1,210
United Kingdom616
England573
Massachusetts477
California464
New York418
Grand Est342
Berlin255
Netherlands242

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
FamilyDiscidae
GenusGonyodiscus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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