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Spanish Snail

Otala punctata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 51, February 62, March 81, April 144, May 164, June 110, July 59, August 57, September 67, October 78, November 57, December 48.
Spain978
Cataluña/Catalunya368
Argentina253
Comunitat Valenciana182
Buenos Aires171
Andalucía122
Aragón85
Illes Balears58
Comunidad de Madrid46
France37

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
FamilyHelix Snails · Helicidae
GenusOtala

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