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Cancellate Cantharus

Solenosteira cancellaria

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

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 15, February 15, March 17, April 32, May 19, June 9, July 8, August 9, September 10, October 11, November 14, December 14.
United States457
Texas174
Alabama27
Louisiana21
South Carolina16
Mississippi8
North Carolina3
Georgia2
New Jersey1

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
FamilyPisaniidae
GenusSolenosteira

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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