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Lined Top Shell

Phorcus lineatus

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 112, February 83, March 129, April 204, May 294, June 320, July 343, August 295, September 216, October 161, November 88, December 69.
United States2,313
Alaska2,313
United Kingdom763
England625
France253
Bretagne146
Portugal126
Spain120
Wales90
Galicia82

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
FamilyTop Snails · Trochidae
GenusPhorcus

Sources

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Practise Lined Top Shell 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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