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Small Amber Snail

Succinella oblonga

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 62, February 46, March 72, April 113, May 163, June 178, July 190, August 164, September 120, October 90, November 49, December 38.
United States1,286
Alaska1,286
France39
Ukraine31
Netherlands23
Grand Est19
Germany14
Cherkasy Oblast14
Russia13
Utrecht12

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
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyAmber Snails · Succineidae
GenusSuccinella

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