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Two-toothed Marsh Snail

Melampus bidentatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 45, February 41, March 50, April 81, May 150, June 69, July 58, August 62, September 64, October 63, November 47, December 44.
United States3,327
Massachusetts774
New York702
Connecticut586
Virginia230
Maryland192
New Jersey156
North Carolina52
Canada43
Texas43

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderHollow-shelled, Ear-shaped, and Button Snails · Ellobiida
FamilyHollow-shelled Snails · Ellobiidae
GenusMelampus

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