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Southern Flatcoil

Polygyra cereolus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 98, February 102, March 178, April 102, May 99, June 73, July 63, August 64, September 81, October 83, November 106, December 104.
United States4,341
California1,005
Texas385
Alabama135
Louisiana120
Mississippi88
Georgia80
North Carolina77
South Carolina51
Arizona44

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
FamilyPolygyridae
GenusFlatcoils · Polygyra

Sources

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Practise Southern Flatcoil with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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