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Southeastern Whitelip

Neohelix major

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 10, February 11, March 11, April 20, May 14, June 9, July 8, August 7, September 10, October 10, November 8, December 8.
United States337
Alabama126
Georgia46
North Carolina43
Tennessee33
Virginia31
West Virginia20
South Carolina19
Kentucky15
Mississippi2

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
GenusWhitelips · Neohelix

Sources

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