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Chinese Mystery Snail

Cipangopaludina chinensis

1 observations in the source records

Wildlife photograph from iNaturalist.
Rich Holschuh

4 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 176, February 181, March 286, April 561, May 1,077, June 505, July 380, August 344, September 361, October 296, November 185, December 165.
United States10,872
Canada5,175
Ontario4,517
Michigan1,457
New York1,456
Wisconsin1,430
Minnesota1,281
Pennsylvania1,025
Quebec444
California420

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
Orderapple snails, river snails, and allies · Architaenioglossa
FamilyRiver Snails · Viviparidae
GenusCipangopaludina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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