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Moss Chrysalis-snail

Pupilla muscorum

734 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) j4n_w, 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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What the records say

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 Alaska.January 352, February 260, March 407, April 640, May 923, June 1,007, July 1,077, August 926, September 680, October 508, November 277, December 217.
United States7,671
Alaska7,274
Canada231
Ontario165
France145
New York89
Grand Est66
Maine57
New Mexico43
Colorado41

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
FamilyChrysalis Snails · Pupillidae
GenusPupilla

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Moss Chrysalis-snail with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.