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Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 4,857, February 3,587, March 5,620, April 8,842, May 12,748, June 13,901, July 14,875, August 12,793, September 9,392, October 7,011, November 3,831, December 2,994.
Alaska100,451
United States41,944
California32,769
United Kingdom13,407
England11,774
France8,822
Australia6,611
Mexico5,605
Spain4,344
Germany4,340

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyHelix Snails · Helicidae
GenusCornu

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