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Pygmy Oregonian

Cryptomastix germana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ahs_student, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 Washington.January 11, February 10, March 11, April 15, May 19, June 14, July 12, August 11, September 11, October 10, November 9, December 10.
United States216
Washington143
Oregon71
Canada47
British Columbia46
Pennsylvania1
Kansas1
Newfoundland and Labrador1

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
FamilyPolygyridae
GenusOregonian Snails · Cryptomastix

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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