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Tulotoma Snail
Tulotoma magnifica
Tulotoma magnifica, common name the Alabama live-bearing snail or tulotoma, is an endangered species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
From the article Tulotoma on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The shell of this species is large, solid, thick and imperforate. The shape of the shell is obtusely conic. The spire is elevated. The whorls are flattened, nodulous and carinated. The peristome is thin and continuous. The shell can grow fairly large, to more than 25 mm (0.98 in) in height. The operculum is concentric, subtriangular, with the inner margin reflected and forming an elevated marginal fold.
It is a species with a moderate foot, not produced beyond the snout. The snout is small. The radula is multicuspid.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to the Coosa River-Alabama River system in Alabama, United States.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 114644.