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Quick Gloss Snail

Zonitoides arboreus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 40, February 41, March 64, April 126, May 242, June 113, July 85, August 77, September 81, October 66, November 42, December 37.
United States10,364
Canada1,990
Ontario1,015
Pennsylvania813
Illinois654
New York617
Virginia596
Maryland553
Michigan457
Alabama449

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
FamilyGastrodontidae
GenusGloss snails · Zonitoides

Sources

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