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Painted Dendrochiton

Dendrochiton flectens

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) allisonjgong, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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 California.January 8, February 7, March 7, April 9, May 9, June 6, July 5, August 6, September 7, October 7, November 9, December 7.
United States115
California88
Canada75
British Columbia75
Washington19
Alaska9
Oregon8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassChitons · Polyplacophora
OrderChitonida
FamilyMopaliidae
GenusDendrochiton

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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