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Slender Amber Snail

Oxyloma elegans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 501, February 370, March 579, April 912, May 1,314, June 1,433, July 1,534, August 1,319, September 968, October 723, November 395, December 309.
United States10,378
Alaska10,357
Spain79
Portugal66
France55
Italy40
United Kingdom39
England33
Principado de Asturias24
Germany23

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
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyAmber Snails · Succineidae
GenusOxyloma

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