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Sharp Hornsnail

Pleurocera acuta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Illinois.January 45, February 51, March 77, April 142, May 228, June 94, July 74, August 74, September 88, October 72, November 47, December 43.
United States3,721
Illinois1,033
Canada981
Ontario976
Michigan667
Missouri472
Indiana356
Wisconsin254
Iowa194
Minnesota173

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
FamilyPleuroceridae
GenusPleurocera

Sources

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