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Large Necklace Shell

Euspira catena

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 511, February 377, March 591, April 930, May 1,341, June 1,463, July 1,565, August 1,346, September 988, October 738, November 403, December 315.
United States10,569
Alaska10,569
Netherlands165
United Kingdom132
Portugal129
Zuid-Holland116
England92
France78
COIMBRA63
AVEIRO35

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyMoon Snails · Naticidae
GenusEuspira

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