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Blue-Ringed Top Snail

Calliostoma ligatum

4,004 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 California.January 170, February 147, March 153, April 190, May 184, June 135, July 116, August 118, September 150, October 153, November 197, December 152.
United States2,957
California1,840
Canada1,241
British Columbia1,241
Washington552
Alaska207
Oregon82

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
OrderTrochida
FamilyCalliostomatidae
GenusCalliostoma

Sources

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