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Bruised Nassa

Phrontis vibex

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) natalia-bayon, 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 North Carolina.

United States	1,794
North Carolina	115
Virginia	48
Texas	43
South Carolina	35
Georgia	32
Massachusetts	24
Louisiana	24
New York	16
Brazil	13

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

Traits

Physical

Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Molluscs · Mollusca
Class	Gastropods · Gastropoda
Order	Neogastropoda
Family	Nassa Mudsnails · Nassariidae
Genus	Phrontis

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
How much to rely on each source

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

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