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Lovely Vallonia

Vallonia pulchella

1,586 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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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 Alaska.January 326, February 240, March 377, April 593, May 854, June 932, July 997, August 857, September 630, October 470, November 257, December 201.
United States8,223
Alaska6,733
Canada530
Ontario410
New York243
Michigan185
France161
Pennsylvania137
Illinois129
New Jersey120

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
FamilyGrass Snails · Valloniidae
GenusGrass-snails · Vallonia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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