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Reddish Amber Snail

Oxyloma sarsii

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) igor117, some rights reserved (CC BY)

3 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 35, February 26, March 41, April 64, May 92, June 100, July 107, August 92, September 68, October 51, November 28, December 22.
United States725
Alaska725
Ukraine2
Kyiv2
Germany1
Hamburg1

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
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyAmber Snails · Succineidae
GenusOxyloma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Reddish Amber Snail with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.