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Coastal Plain Disk

Anguispira fergusoni

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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 North Carolina.January 3, February 4, March 3, April 5, May 5, June 3, July 3, August 2, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 3.
United States135
North Carolina40
Virginia35
Maryland29
South Carolina12
District of Columbia5
Georgia4
Delaware3
Massachusetts2
New Jersey2

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
GenusTigersnails · Anguispira

Sources

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

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