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Paciocinebrina foveolata

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

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 32, February 28, March 29, April 36, May 35, June 25, July 22, August 22, September 28, October 29, November 37, December 29.
United States353
California350
Nevada3

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
FamilyMurex Snails · Muricidae
GenusPaciocinebrina

Sources

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