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Hays' Rocksnail

Stramonita canaliculata

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24 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 11, February 11, March 12, April 23, May 14, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 8, October 8, November 11, December 10.
United States321
Texas129
Louisiana56
Alabama25
Mississippi21
Canada10
British Columbia10
Washington8
North Carolina7
Virginia6

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
FamilyMurex Snails · Muricidae
GenusStramonita

Sources

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Practise Hays' Rocksnail with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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