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Draparnaud's Glass Snail

Oxychilus draparnaudi

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 Alaska.January 229, February 169, March 265, April 416, May 600, June 655, July 700, August 602, September 442, October 330, November 180, December 141.
United States6,715
Alaska4,730
California911
Canada286
France286
Ontario166
Germany157
Pennsylvania141
Washington141
Australia140

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
FamilyGlass Snails · Oxychilidae
GenusTypical Glass Snails · Oxychilus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Draparnaud's Glass Snail with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.