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Sculptured Rocksnail

Paciocinebrina interfossa

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) efrank13, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

26 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 22, February 19, March 20, April 25, May 24, June 18, July 15, August 15, September 20, October 20, November 26, December 20.
United States304
California243
Canada111
British Columbia111
Washington41
Oregon20
Alaska4

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

Remember the name next time.

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