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Sandbowl Snail

Quickella arenaria

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) eliot13, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

7 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 33, February 25, March 39, April 61, May 87, June 95, July 102, August 88, September 64, October 48, November 26, December 21.
United States689
Alaska689
France15
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur14
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté1

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
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyAmber Snails · Succineidae
GenusQuickella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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