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Grey Topshell

Steromphala cineraria

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 905, February 668, March 1,047, April 1,647, May 2,375, June 2,590, July 2,771, August 2,383, September 1,750, October 1,306, November 714, December 558.
United States18,712
Alaska18,712
United Kingdom415
England245
Northern Ireland76
Scotland68
Spain36
France32
Netherlands27
Galicia26

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
FamilyTop Snails · Trochidae
GenusSteromphala

Sources

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Practise Grey Topshell 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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