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Western Banded Tulip

Cinctura lilium

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 10, February 7, March 8, April 18, May 9, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 11, November 7, December 6.
United States305
Texas79
North Carolina11
South Carolina10
Louisiana4
Mexico4
Yucatan3
Georgia1
North Dakota1
Tamaulipas1

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
FamilyTulip and Spindle Shells · Fasciolariidae
GenusBanded Tulips · Cinctura

Sources

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