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Granulose Topsnail

Calliostoma supragranosum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) gbentall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 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 44, February 38, March 39, April 49, May 47, June 35, July 32, August 30, September 39, October 39, November 51, December 39.
United States478
California478

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
OrderTrochida
FamilyCalliostomatidae
GenusCalliostoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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