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Common Chrysalis-Snail

Lauria cylindracea

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

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 532, February 393, March 616, April 969, May 1,397, June 1,524, July 1,631, August 1,402, September 1,030, October 768, November 420, December 328.
United States11,060
Alaska11,011
France863
United Kingdom308
England294
Occitanie144
New Zealand142
Bretagne120
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur117
Nouvelle-Aquitaine116

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
FamilyChrysalis Snails · Lauriidae
GenusLauria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Common Chrysalis-Snail with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.