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Cook's Turban

Cookia sulcata

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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 New Zealand.January 44, February 53, March 38, April 99, May 41, June 36, July 37, August 39, September 44, October 40, November 41, December 52.
New Zealand564
Wellington Region170
Canterbury Region71
Northland Region64
Otago Region55
Auckland Region45
Taranaki Region34
Waikato Region32
Chatham Islands Territory24
Southland Region17

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
OrderTrochida
FamilyTurban Snails · Turbinidae
GenusCookia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Cook's Turban 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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