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Snakeskin Turrid

Ophiodermella inermis

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

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 43, February 37, March 39, April 48, May 47, June 35, July 30, August 30, September 38, October 39, November 50, December 39.
United States487
California476
Canada41
British Columbia41
Washington10
Alaska5
Oregon1

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
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyBorsoniidae
GenusOphiodermella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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