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Green Dome Snail

Zonitoides elliotti

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 20, February 24, March 22, April 35, May 35, June 21, July 17, August 16, September 21, October 21, November 16, December 18.
United States633
North Carolina266
Tennessee225
South Carolina68
Georgia64
Kentucky4
Alabama2
Virginia2
West Virginia2

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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
GenusGloss snails · Zonitoides

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