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Atlantic Fig Snail

Ficus papyratia

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(c) hydaticus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 8, February 3, March 3, April 0, May 1, June 1, July 2, August 0, September 1, October 0, November 0, December 3.
United States579
Mexico22
Yucatan20
Alabama6
Georgia6
North Carolina6
South Carolina4
Quintana Roo2
Mississippi1
Louisiana1

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
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyFig Shells · Ficidae
GenusFig Shells · Ficus

Sources

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