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Keeled Ram's-horn

Planorbis carinatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 587, February 433, March 679, April 1,068, May 1,540, June 1,680, July 1,797, August 1,546, September 1,135, October 847, November 463, December 362.
United States12,137
Alaska12,137
Germany44
United Kingdom37
France35
England34
Netherlands16
Italy15
Grand Est15
Austria14

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
FamilyRamshorn snails · Planorbidae
GenusPlanorbis

Sources

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