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Saharan Decollate Snail

Rumina saharica

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

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Greece.January 10, February 20, March 17, April 20, May 19, June 4, July 9, August 6, September 9, October 22, November 8, December 14.
Greece158
Egean50
Attica47
Crete41
Turkey19
Peloponisos-W. Greece & Ionian15
Muğla12
Spain6
Región de Murcia4
Thessalia-Central Greece3

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
FamilyGiant Land Snails · Achatinidae
GenusRumina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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