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Glossy Pillar

Cochlicopa lubrica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,818, February 1,343, March 2,103, April 3,309, May 4,771, June 5,203, July 5,567, August 4,788, September 3,515, October 2,624, November 1,434, December 1,121.
United States40,717
Alaska37,596
Canada1,206
Ontario740
New York455
Pennsylvania265
Michigan221
France216
Massachusetts206
California185

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
FamilyPillar snails · Cochlicopidae
GenusPillars · Cochlicopa

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