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Ribbed Cantharus

Hesperisternia multangulus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, May 1, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States557
Georgia11
North Carolina5
South Carolina4
Alabama2
Virginia2

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
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyPisaniidae
GenusHesperisternia

Sources

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