Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Stylommatophora > Suborder Achatinina > Superfamily Achatinoidea > Family Achatinidae > Subfamily Subulininae > Genus Subulina > Species Subulina octona
My image of Subulina octona, taken July 25, 2022 in Chalmette, LA, USA
FACT: This species serves as a "hothouse alien" in some countries, which means that it is an invasive only present in places like greenhouses!
Author's Note: I'd like to personally thank these snails for being the main point in a series of events that led to me pursuing a career in zoology.
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