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Appleseed Erato

Hespererato vitellina

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) egarfield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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 California.

United States	573
California	572
Nevada	1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Molluscs · Mollusca
Class	Gastropods · Gastropoda
Order	Littorinimorpha
Family	Erato and allies · Eratoidae
Genus	Hespererato

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
How much to rely on each source

Remember the name next time.

Practise Appleseed Erato 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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