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Dusky Tegula

Tegula pulligo

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

27 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 British Columbia.January 35, February 32, March 50, April 59, May 91, June 79, July 63, August 56, September 49, October 39, November 31, December 32.
Canada617
British Columbia616
United States548
California162
Alaska137
Oregon7
Washington5
Saskatchewan1

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
OrderTrochida
FamilyTegulidae
GenusTegula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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