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Mediterranean Bonnet Snail

Semicassis undulata

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

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 5, February 2, March 9, April 11, May 4, June 4, July 4, August 5, September 5, October 5, November 2, December 10.
Spain66
Andalucía47
Greece30
Italy16
Egean12
Algeria10
Canarias9
Isole9
Crete8
Morocco8

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
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyHelmet and Bonnet Snails · Cassidae
GenusSemicassis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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