Common Name |
Tall moonsnail |
Language |
English |
Type |
Vernacular |
Official Trade Name |
No |
Rank |
3 - (Other common name) |
Country |
United States (contiguous states) |
Locality |
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Ref. |
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005 |
Life Stage |
juveniles and adults |
Sex |
females and males |
Core |
morphology |
1st Modifier |
color pattern(s) |
2nd Modifier |
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Remarks |
'snail', from Old High German 'snahhan', i.e., 'to creep'; 'moon' here refers to the smooth globular shells of species in this family. |