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Spotted Top Snail
Diloma aethiops
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Black TegulaTegula funebralis
Speckled TegulaTegula gallina
Lined Top ShellPhorcus lineatus
Banded TegulaAgathistoma eiseni
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| New Zealand | 665 |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 189 |
| Auckland Region | 129 |
| Canterbury Region | 118 |
| Southland Region | 76 |
| Otago Region | 28 |
| Taranaki Region | 27 |
| Northland Region | 19 |
| Waikato Region | 19 |
| Marlborough Region | 16 |
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 | Trochida |
| Family | Top Snails · Trochidae |
| Genus | Diloma |
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 Spotted Top Snail with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.