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Otala punctata

Spanish Snail


Otala punctata

(O. F. Müller, 1774)
Caracol Español
Family: Helicidae
Order: Stylommatophora
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Médanos de la costa

Description


Otala punctata and Otala lactea can only be differentiated by observing the color of the inner lip of the shell, white in O. punctata and dark in O. lactea.

Comentario de: Mauro Carballo




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Foto
Photography ID: 316157
  Adult
Mar de Ajó
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/23/2019
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 316129
  Adult
Mar de Ajó
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/03/2019
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 245773
  Adult
Mar de Ajó
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/29/2018
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 199322
  Adult
Mar de Ajó
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/15/2017
Diego Trillo



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
88521103/02/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresMédanos de la costa, Mar de AjóDiego Trillo
88524223/01/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresMédanos de la costa, Mar de AjóDiego Trillo
69456329/01/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresMédanos de la costa, Mar de AjóDiego Trillo
56653915/04/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresMédanos de la costa, Mar de AjóDiego Trillo
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Spanish Snail (Otala punctata) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 20/09/2026.