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Cellar Snail

Oxychilus cellarius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 633, February 467, March 732, April 1,152, May 1,661, June 1,812, July 1,938, August 1,667, September 1,224, October 914, November 499, December 390.
United States13,466
Alaska13,090
Canada116
Ontario78
New York75
Pennsylvania47
Massachusetts45
New Jersey44
California28
Australia25

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
FamilyGlass Snails · Oxychilidae
GenusTypical Glass Snails · Oxychilus

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