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Eastern Mudsnail

Ilyanassa obsoleta

5,826 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 52, February 52, March 70, April 122, May 210, June 103, July 77, August 71, September 82, October 76, November 52, December 48.
United States5,369
New York999
California886
Canada803
Massachusetts800
New Jersey624
South Carolina325
Connecticut278
Delaware252
Nova Scotia250

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
FamilyNassa Mudsnails · Nassariidae
GenusIlyanassa

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