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Vineyard Snail

Cernuella virgata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 428, February 316, March 495, April 779, May 1,123, June 1,225, July 1,311, August 1,127, September 828, October 618, November 338, December 264.
United States8,873
Alaska8,851
Australia725
Spain537
France397
South Australia391
United Kingdom378
England340
Victoria273
Cataluña/Catalunya242

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyGeomitridae
GenusCernuella

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