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Solander's Trivia

Pusula solandri

1,130 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) littlebrownbats, 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.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 California.January 72, February 62, March 65, April 80, May 78, June 57, July 49, August 50, September 64, October 65, November 83, December 64.
United States798
California790
Mexico18
Baja California Sur8
Baja California6
Nevada4
Arizona4
Sonora3
Guerrero1
Costa Rica1

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
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyBean cowries · Triviidae
GenusPusula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Solander's Trivia with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.