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Black Gloss Snail

Zonitoides nitidus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 597, February 441, March 690, April 1,086, May 1,566, June 1,708, July 1,827, August 1,571, September 1,154, October 861, November 471, December 368.
United States13,524
Alaska12,339
Canada661
Ontario494
New York236
Michigan214
Russia164
France152
Illinois125
Pennsylvania98

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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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