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Globose Dome Snail

Ventridens ligera

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 44, February 53, March 65, April 104, May 160, June 79, July 58, August 55, September 66, October 60, November 43, December 42.
United States3,657
Pennsylvania830
West Virginia609
Virginia304
Illinois274
Kentucky245
Missouri214
Maryland210
New Jersey197
Indiana177

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyGastrodontidae
GenusDome Snails · Ventridens

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