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Thin Pillar

Cochlicopa lubricella

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26 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 598, February 442, March 692, April 1,088, May 1,569, June 1,711, July 1,831, August 1,575, September 1,156, October 863, November 472, December 369.
United States12,578
Alaska12,364
Pennsylvania51
Canada33
West Virginia32
Illinois29
New York25
Indiana23
Ontario23
Italy14

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

Sources

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