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Wandering Snail

Ampullaceana balthica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,836, February 1,356, March 2,125, April 3,343, May 4,820, June 5,256, July 5,624, August 4,836, September 3,551, October 2,650, November 1,448, December 1,132.
United States38,325
Alaska37,977
Maryland157
Virginia155
France88
United Kingdom80
England61
Germany40
Canada38
Russia30

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
FamilyPond and Melantho Snails · Lymnaeidae
GenusAmpullaceana

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