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Caragouille Variable

Xerosecta arigonis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 7, February 4, March 3, April 17, May 27, June 27, July 28, August 26, September 35, October 34, November 14, December 6.
Spain228
Cataluña/Catalunya71
Castilla y León50
Castilla-La Mancha19
Aragón19
Comunitat Valenciana17
Comunidad de Madrid15
Principado de Asturias14
Comunidad Foral de Navarra9
Cantabria7

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
FamilyGeomitridae
GenusXerosecta

Sources

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