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Alder's Necklace Shell

Euspira nitida

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) elegaer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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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 Alaska.January 1,132, February 836, March 1,310, April 2,060, May 2,970, June 3,239, July 3,466, August 2,981, September 2,188, October 1,634, November 893, December 698.
United States23,406
Alaska23,406
Netherlands26
Zuid-Holland23
Spain15
France13
United Kingdom11
Portugal10
Galicia9
England8

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
FamilyMoon Snails · Naticidae
GenusEuspira

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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