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Decollate Snail

Rumina decollata

23,939 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 412, February 394, March 554, April 1,238, May 543, June 253, July 227, August 234, September 426, October 388, November 432, December 375.
United States8,672
Texas6,680
California2,901
Spain1,879
Mexico1,398
Arizona1,085
Portugal941
France939
Italy738
Andalucía617

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

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