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Common Wentletrap

Epitonium clathrus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 199, February 147, March 231, April 363, May 524, June 571, July 611, August 525, September 386, October 288, November 157, December 123.
United States4,125
Alaska4,125
France50
Netherlands36
Spain33
United Kingdom32
England26
Occitanie26
Portugal21
Zuid-Holland21

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
FamilyWentletrap and Violet Snails · Epitoniidae
GenusEpitonium

Sources

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Practise Common Wentletrap 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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