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Great Pond Snail

Lymnaea stagnalis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,205, February 1,628, March 2,551, April 4,013, May 5,787, June 6,310, July 6,752, August 5,807, September 4,263, October 3,182, November 1,739, December 1,359.
United States47,204
Alaska45,597
Canada2,909
Russia1,876
Germany1,305
Ontario1,249
United Kingdom1,102
England1,010
Michigan519
Ukraine516

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
FamilyPond and Melantho Snails · Lymnaeidae
GenusGreat Pond Snails · Lymnaea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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